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Rights for Black Voters
Women's Suffrage Movement
Voting In the USA
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Voter Suppression
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When did black people get the right to vote?

1965

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In what year did the Women's Suffrage Movement begin?

1848

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What does Suffrage mean?

The right to vote

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Who just won the Georgia Special Election?

Senators Warnock and Ossoff?

100

What is voter suppression?

Laws put in place by a state to limit the number of voters.

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Who was one of the main Civil Rights Movement leaders who advocated for equal voting rights?

John Lewis

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Where did the Women's Suffrage movement first take place?

Seneca Falls, New York

200

Do convicted felons have the right to vote?

Yes, they do with few exceptions after they have served their full sentence (including incarceration, parole, and probation).

200

Who will control the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives?

Democrats

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Who typically enacts voter suppression laws?

Republicans

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How did white people make it complicated for black people to vote?
What are disenfranchisement methods. These included having to wait in line for up to twelve hours to register to vote, pay head taxes, and undergo new tests. One of the new tests required that African-American women read and interpret the Constitution before being deemed eligible to vote.
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What year were women given the right to vote?

1920

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How often do presidential elections occur?

Every 4 years

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When is the Presidential Election?

early November every 4 years.

300

What is Gerrymandering?

The re-drawing of voting districts that disenfranchise many voters of color especially Black and Brown folk.
400

Name two obstacles Blacks had before the Voting Rights Act if they wanted to vote.

Literacy test, Poll taxes, etc.

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Who were some of the leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement?

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, 

400

What does the 15th amendment to the US Constitution do?

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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Voting equals what?

Voice & Power

400

What are some modern-day voter suppression tactics?

Voter ID requirement, less polling places, long lines, faulty technology, felons payments, etc.

500
This clause made it so black people were ineligible to vote unless their grandfather was able to. This only benefited white voters.
What is The Grandfather clause
500

Which amendment gives women the right to vote?

The 19th Amendment

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What is the 26th amendment?

The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old.

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What rules are there to vote?

Must be 18, U.S. Citizen, and live in a U.S. State or territory.

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What piece of legislation will try to be re-established?

The Voting Rights Act.