Gov unit 5

14th amendment

Granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized including former slaves, due process and equal protection causes

15th amendment

Prohibited denial voting rights based on race, African American male suffrage

17th amendment

Direct election of senators instead of state legislatures

19th amendment

Prohibited the denial of voting rights based on sex, women’s suffrage

24th amendment

Prohibited poll taxes in federal elections, along with the Voting Rights Act of 1964 eliminated state barriers to African American voting

26th amendment

Set the voting age to 18 in response to the Vietnam war

1st amendment

Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press, gov petition

4th amendment

protecting people from unreasonable search and seizure

Rational Choice Model

Voters make decisions based on perceived self-interest (ex: voting for candidates promising lower taxes if you’re in a high tax bracket)

Retrospective Voting Model

Voters evaluate past performance of parties/candidates (ex: voting against a party that was in power during an economic downturn)

Prospective Voting Model

Voters make choices based on future predictions and candidate promises

Party-Line/Straight Ticket Voting

Voting consistently for one party across all office as opposed to “split-ticket voting” (ex: voting for judicial offices candidates they don’t know about based on their party affiliation)