Govt- chapter 6

suffrage/franchise

right to vote

constitution

white male property owners

religious and property qualifictaions dropped

most white males

15th amendment

all adult males (african americans disenfranchised)

19th amendement

all men/women (african americans disenfranchised)

civil rights movement

add adults 21 and up

26th amendment

adults 18 and up

electorate

potential voting population voting

electovate qualifications

1. cant deprive bc of race or coloe

2. cant deprive bs of gender

3. cant tax right to vote

   1. cant deprive anyone who is 18

universal requirments

• citizen

• resident

  • age

transients

move place to place

49 states

must register to vote

purging

removing those no longer eligible to vote (dead)

ways african americans kept from voting

• literacy test

• poll tax

15th amendment

the right to vote cannot be denied to any citizen of U.S. because of race, color, or previous

civil rights act of 1957

set up U.S. civil rights commission to deal with voter discrimination

civil rights of 1964

outlaws discrimination in several areas (jobs); forbids any voter discrimination and literacy test

voting rights act 1965

all elections

preclearance

approved by state dept. first before becoming a law

“can’t vote”

aliens, physically unable, mental disease, felons

political socialization

process by which people gain their political attitudes/ opinions.

sociological factors

• income occupation

• Edu.

• grander/age

• religious/ ethicity

• geography

• family

psychological factors

• party identifications.

• candidates/issues