Voting Rights
Women have the Right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
What is the right to vote for women.
15th Amendment
What is men.
Devon is struggling to pay his bills since he got hurt at work. He is thankful that when he goes to vote this November, he doesn’t have to pay a poll tax.
What is the 24th Amendment.
Suffrage
What is the right to vote.
Voting rights changed in these two ways
State laws and the Constitution
The 23rd Amendment
What is the right to vote for President and Vice-President of the United States. Washington D.C. is not a state, it is a district.
19th Amendment
What is women
Jamaya is allowed to vote for the President of the United States while living in Washington, D.C. for the first time in 1964.
What is the 23rd Amendment
Black Codes
laws that kept White
people in power by limiting what Black people could do
Blacks do not have to pay poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment
What is eliminated poll taxes.
26th Amendment
What is citizens18 years old or older.
Emmanuel is a Black man going to vote in the election this November. He wants to make his opinion matter through voting!
What is the 15th Amendment.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War,
kaitlyn and her brother live in Washington D. C. and want to vote.
What is the 23rd Amendment
The 15th Amendment
What is that it gave men the right to vote.
24th Amendment
What is poll taxes.
Nicole stands in line at her polling place to vote in the election. She is happy that women were granted the right to vote so she can voice her opinion!
What is the 19th Amendment
Reconstruction acts
these laws gave Black men the right to vote and run for
political office.
18 years of age or older got the right to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment
23rd Amendment
What is it gave citizens of Washington D. C. the right to vote for President and Vice-President.
Ethan just turned 18 years old in May. He can’t wait to cast his vote for the first time in the election this year.
What is the 26th Amendment
Union Leagues
civic organizations that organized around political issues important to Black communities like education, land rights, and serving on juries