Although they were abolitionists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton supported**
the
Fourteenth Amendment
because it
guaranteed universal suffrage**

Abolished slavery-13;;Guaranteed the right-15

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1960 protect voting rights?
It allowed federal inspection of voter registration.

In the late 1700s, New Jersey was the only state to
have universal suffrage
but by 1807 it had
limited voting rights to white men

Wyoming enters the Union and enfranchises women.1
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.4
Colorado becomes the first state to change its constitution to allow women to vote.2
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to Congress.3

Which of the following most likely explains why the author of the Declaration of Sentiments modeled it on the Declaration of Independence?
B.
The author wanted to stress that women wanted freedom just as the colonists had.
C.
The author wanted to show that women would form their own country in order to secure their rights.

After Reconstruction,
Jim crows
and
Plessy
segregated African Americans and whites in the South. In addition, white Southerners kept African Americans from exercising their right to vote with discriminatory laws such as
poll taxes
and
literacy tests

Whose "Ain't I a Woman?" speech made the case for African American and women's suffrage?
Sojourner Truth

In which two ways did the election of 1828 mark the beginning of the period of the "common man"? Because voters in most states could cast ballots for members of the Electoral College, they gained a greater role in choosing the president.
Because voters could elect many state and local officials that had previously been appointed, they gained greater control over aspects of government.

Which two statements describe suffrage in the United States at the start of the Civil War?
White men could vote in all states.
African American men could vote in some states.

Which of the following most likely resulted from ratification of the Fifteenth and Nineteenth amendments?
B.
More women and African Americans were elected to office.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the abolition movement and the women's suffrage movement?
The women's suffrage movement grew out of the abolition movement.

Although it dealt with rights of citizenship for people
born outside the united states
, the Naturalization Act of 1790 limited voting rights for Americans by
limiting citizenship to white men
.

Which of the following was a condition Southern states needed to meet before they could be readmitted to the Union under the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
They had to enfranchise black men.

By 1856, which group had gained universal suffrage in the United States?
A.
white males

The poll tax led to
grandfather clauses
because
Poor white men were disenfrachise

The Supreme Court rules in Shelby v. Holder that criteria to determine which districts need federal oversight are no longer valid.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires federal oversight of voting rights in districts with a history of discrimination.2
States again begin passing laws to restrict voting rights.5
After Reconstruction, discriminatory voting laws are passed that disenfranchise people based on race.
More African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans vote and are elected to office.

26th-Lowered voting age;; 23rd-gave citizenship