Voting Rights in America

Join Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, to examine the history of voting rights in America. Where in the Constitution are we given the right to vote? How was this right added through the amendment process and what actions have been taken to ensure voter equity?

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Is there a single amendment or policy that gives U.S. citizens the right to vote?

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Dive into the first half of our Voting Rights in America Scholar Exchange! (stop video at 28:05)

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Who gains suffrage under the 19th Amendment?

Young people (18 years of age)

African Americans

Native Americans

Women

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Which change did NOT make the Constitution "more embracive"? In other words, which of the following amendments did not expand the number of U.S. citizens who have suffrage?

How can citizens take part in civic life?

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How did Article I and Article II provisions of the Constitution address and democratize voting?

Gave state legislatures power over the time and setting of elections

Empowered state legislatures to elect senators

Require state legislatures to elect national representatives to the House of Representatives with same voter qualifications as in elections to the states' lower house.

All of the above

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Which policy did NOT help to finally end the voter disenfranchisement "gaps" in the 15th Amendment?

16th Amendment

24th Amendment

Voting Right Act of 1965

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Which words do NOT describe the right to vote according to the Minor v. Happersett (1875) Supreme Court ruling?

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Which of the following did NOT happen to the 14th Amendment in the 1960s?

Extended to cover voting rights as fundamental and "preservative of all other rights"

Used to strike down prior legislation regarding voting rights

Used in a manner inconsistent with the original understanding of the Constitution

Struck down in court for not making voting rights completely portable.

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1. What does the 15th Amendment say?
2. Why did the 15th Amendment have a "gap" that made its protection of voting rights weak?
3. What types of voter disenfranchisement did it allow?

Tackle the second half of our Voting Rights in America Scholar Exchange! (start at 27:56)

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Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 qualifications of a "political question"?

Court risks embarrassing other branches if it steps in while they work it out themselves

Associated with a specific "political right" outlined in the 17th Amendment

Textually committed by the constitution to be decided by another branch

Not susceptible to easily administrable judicial standards

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Discuss how property ownership has influenced voting rights in the United States. What role did the presidency of Andrew Jackson play in this?

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Which one of the following redistricting outcomes did North Carolina fail to provide, leading to the Shaw v. Reno case?

"Pretty" districts

Equal population

Minority representation in districts

Incumbent re-election

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Which of the following statements about the landmark case Shelby County v. Holder (2013) is TRUE?

Former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed with the ruling in the Shelby County v. Holder.

Congress did not perform research to find out if pre-clearance requirements of the Voting Rights Act were still necessary.

If a state has pre-clearance requirements, this means that state must get national approval from the Department of Justice before they change their voting laws

The pre-clearance requirements of the Voting Rights Act were struck down because they denied Northern states "equal sovereignty" and were outdated.

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Which of the following definitions is false?

Gerrymandering - when legislators draw districts in specific ways (“squiggly”) to ensure the election of an incumbent

Discriminatory policy - (according to the Crawford case) a policy in which both the intent and effect are discriminatory

Reapportionment - the process of determining the number of representatives to which each state is entitled in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the decennial census

Malapportionment - when districts are perfectly drawn, giving (for example) rural areas more voting power per person than urban areas

Redistricting - the process of revising the geographic boundaries of areas from which people elect representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives, a state legislature, a county or city council, a school board, etc.

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Select all of the Supreme Court cases that are correctly paired with their topics.

Ohio Secretary of State Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute (2018) - purge of voting rolls to make past registration void after inactivity

Baker v. Carr (1962) - Reapportionment under the 24th Amendment's "equal protection" clause

Crawford v. Marion County (2008) - Voter ID laws and discrimination

Reynolds v. Sims (1964) - "Republican form of government"; one person, one vote

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(Review) Voting Right Policies - Collaborate Board

Create and insert an NCC Quizlet here on Voting Rights cases covered in this video.

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Let's try this again: Is there a single amendment or policy that gives U.S. citizens the right to vote?

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Voting Rights in America

Is there a single amendment or policy that gives U.S. citizens the right to vote?

Who gains suffrage under the 19th Amendment?

Which change did NOT make the Constitution "more embracive"? In other words, which of the following amendments did not expand the number of U.S. citizens who have suffrage?

How did Article I and Article II provisions of the Constitution address and democratize voting?

Which policy did NOT help to finally end the voter disenfranchisement "gaps" in the 15th Amendment?

Which words do NOT describe the right to vote according to the Minor v. Happersett (1875) Supreme Court ruling?

Which of the following did NOT happen to the 14th Amendment in the 1960s?

1. What does the 15th Amendment say?2. Why did the 15th Amendment have a "gap" that made its protection of voting rights weak? 3. What types of voter disenfranchisement did it allow?

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 qualifications of a "political question"?

Discuss how property ownership has influenced voting rights in the United States. What role did the presidency of Andrew Jackson play in this?

Which one of the following redistricting outcomes did North Carolina fail to provide, leading to the Shaw v. Reno case?

Which of the following statements about the landmark case Shelby County v. Holder (2013) is TRUE?

Which of the following definitions is false?

Select all of the Supreme Court cases that are correctly paired with their topics.

Let's try this again: Is there a single amendment or policy that gives U.S. citizens the right to vote?

Is there a single amendment or policy that gives U.S. citizens the right to vote?

Who gains suffrage under the 19th Amendment?

Which change did NOT make the Constitution "more embracive"? In other words, which of the following amendments did not expand the number of U.S. citizens who have suffrage?

How did Article I and Article II provisions of the Constitution address and democratize voting?

Which policy did NOT help to finally end the voter disenfranchisement "gaps" in the 15th Amendment?

Which words do NOT describe the right to vote according to the Minor v. Happersett (1875) Supreme Court ruling?

Which of the following did NOT happen to the 14th Amendment in the 1960s?

1. What does the 15th Amendment say?2. Why did the 15th Amendment have a "gap" that made its protection of voting rights weak? 3. What types of voter disenfranchisement did it allow?

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 qualifications of a "political question"?

Discuss how property ownership has influenced voting rights in the United States. What role did the presidency of Andrew Jackson play in this?

Which one of the following redistricting outcomes did North Carolina fail to provide, leading to the Shaw v. Reno case?

Which of the following statements about the landmark case Shelby County v. Holder (2013) is TRUE?

Which of the following definitions is false?

Select all of the Supreme Court cases that are correctly paired with their topics.

Let's try this again: Is there a single amendment or policy that gives U.S. citizens the right to vote?

1. What does the 15th Amendment say?
2. Why did the 15th Amendment have a "gap" that made its protection of voting rights weak?
3. What types of voter disenfranchisement did it allow?

1. What does the 15th Amendment say?
2. Why did the 15th Amendment have a "gap" that made its protection of voting rights weak?
3. What types of voter disenfranchisement did it allow?