Lesson 3 Civics Chapter 16
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sophiematthews on January 11, 2012
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St. Joseph's Academy, Freshman
Civics honors
Classes:
Class of 2015 Honors Kiddos, SJA Class of 2015 Freshman
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 suffrage | belief in the right to vote |
| suffragists | people who want to get the right to vote |
| suffragettes | woman who fight for the right to vote |
| 19th Amendment | Guarenteed women the right to vote |
| Supreme Court Decision (Guinn VS United States) | Ended the grandfather clause |
| 15th Amendment | made it a Federal crime to deny any citizen the right to vote because of race, color, or enslavement |
| Indian Citizenship Act | Gives Native Americasn citizenship to register to vote while registering their cars |
| 26th Amendment | Lowers the voting age to 18 |
| Federal Motor Voter Law | Enables citizens to register to vote while registering their cars |
| Help America Vote Act 2002 | Requires states to update their registration and voting systems |
| 24th Amendment | Bans the poll tax |
| 23rd Amendment | Gives the District of Columbia 3 electors for presidential elections |
| Voting Rights Act 1965 | Ends the literacy test requirement to register to vote |
| Voting Rights Act 1965, 1970, 1975, 1982 | Collection of laws to end racial discrimination, including registration drive in districts that have less than 50% of registered African Americans |
| American men | Before 1920, what was the term "US citizen" understood to mean? |
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