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How did the south keep African-Americans from voting?
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
When did black men start to vote?
Black men began voting in elections in around 1870.
Compare and contrast voting rights between black men and black women?
They were not equal between men and womwn
Could free black women vote in1789?
Free black women couldn't vote until the 19th Amendment was passed 1920; however, laws stayed in effect in the south until the South the prevented black men and women from voting until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did away with white primaries and poll taxes.
The fifteenth amendment?
voting rights of former slaves. Black men
How did southerners keep former slaves from voting?
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
Which best describes what the Fifteenth Amendment accomplished?
It protected the voting rights of black men.
Who made government decisions by voting in Athens?
Only men, and they had to be locals (the immigrants had no rights) and free.
Why were women given voting rights much later than men in most country?
Around the world and throughout history men have had most of the power in societies. Because of that men were able to keep women out of voting for a while when voting became a part of governments. The reason men didn't want women to vote was sexism (Discrimination against a person because of their gender).
The proposed constitution that opened up the voting rights to all free adult men in 508 B.C. was written by?
Cleisthenes
Why are the voting rights for men and women not equal in Israel?
Wrong. The voting rights in Israel are the same for men and women.
When members of the constitutional convention talked about American citizens voting did they only mean white men?
No. When the members of the Constitutional Convention discussed American citizens voting, they deliberately left the question of voting eligibility to the states. They did not decide on men or women, black or white. That was a question for the states. One criticism of the constitution was that it did not prevent a woman from becoming president.
