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He was very wealthy and awarded freedom to his enslaved servants upon his death.
Who was George Washington?
In 1906, this state granted women the right to vote.
What is New York?
This amendment states that you have the right to free speech.
What is the First Amendment?
This event ended with peaceful protestors being attacked by police officers because African Americans were denied their right to register to vote.
What is Bloody Sunday?
Lack of trust, busy schedules, and disillusionment with politics are some of the reasons for this.
What is low-voter turnout?
He walked with other protesters across the George Pettus bridge and was an advocate for The Voting Rights Acts that was passed in 1965.
Who was John Lewis?
This state was the scene of a clash between blacks and whites. Three whites and an estimated 150 blacks died in the conflict.
What is Louisiana?
This amendment gives you the right to own a gun.
What is the Second Amendment?
The massacre took place against the backdrop of racial tensions following the hotly contested Louisiana governor’s race of 1872. 150 blacks and 3 white citizens were killed during this event.
What is the Colfax Massacre?
An exam given to a certain group of voters to judge whether they were eligible to vote.
What is Literacy Test?
He founded the Southwest Voting Rights Education Project.
Who was Willie C. Velasquez?
This is the city in which Bloody Sunday occurred.
What is Selma?
This amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?
This case removed the provision of preclearance for changes to voting laws
What is Shelby County v Holder?
The Third Amendment made it illegal for the government to force citizens to do this? (think military)
What is house soldiers? (Quartering Act)
She is a 28-year-old artist who chooses not to vote, but instead expresses her views through art.
Who is Sophia?
This is the place where Jim Crow Laws existed?
What is the South (or Southern States)?
This amendment gave Black Men the right vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Presidential Election Day
Tuesday, November 5
This Enlightenment thinker wrote that all humans were born with three basic rights.
Who was John Locke?
She was arrested for voting and later became one of the founders of the early women’s rights movement.
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
This is the state where Willie C. Velasquez started his work in organizing Latinos to register to vote.
What is Texas?
This is the name of the first 10 amendments found in the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is where eligible voters go to vote.
What is a polling place?
Early voting restricted, show approved I.D., polling places closed.
What are ways the states/government suppress a person's right to vote?