Voting History
The 15th Amendment, which granted African Americans the right to vote was passed in what year?
What is 1869?
This Amendment, implemented in 1920, officially gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This group, often referred to as “first-time voters,” has been increasingly influential in elections, particularly in minority communities.
What are young voters?
In order to vote, these two types documentation
are necessary to register
What is proof of ID and residence?
____ people died in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”.
What is 20?
500 nonviolent civil rights activists marched in Alabama to demand a need for more/better African American voting rights
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
This 1965 legislation aimed to eliminate various forms of voting discrimination, particularly against African Americans in the South?
What is the Voting Rights Acts?
In the 2020 presidential election, this demographic group saw a significant increase in voter turnout, reaching approximately 50% for the first time.
What are Black voters?
This test used as a qualification to vote, banned in 1965, prevented many poor POC and also some poor white people from qualifying to vote.
What is literacy tests?
JHS employs what number of staff?
125 teachers and staff
When could non English speaking Hispanic (and other minority) women vote?
When is 1975?
Immigration and Nationality Act
This new method of voting allows citizens to submit their vote well before the official voting day, helping many people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to complications.
what is mail-in-vote or absentee ballot?
This term describes the practice of drawing district lines in a way that gives one political party an advantage over others, often impacting minority representation.
What is gerrymandering?
This movie length documentary is shown in Health.
What is “Food, Inc.”
This 2018 March organized by students in DC led to landmark gun laws aimed to protect student and citizens from gun violence. Hint: happened after the parkland shooting
What is, the March For Our Lives.
The Shelby v Holder decision was passed by the Supreme Court in 2013, overturning key parts of what landmark legislation ?
What is, the Voting Rights Act?
These two states have restricted the accessibility of ballot drop boxes to just 1 per county or 100,000 people, which is likely to affect voters of color and young voters.
What is Iowa and Georgia?
This method of voting protects the identity and vote of voters in our election.
JCSD was created in what year?
1914