SS10.USG.6

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 12 - United States Government

SS10.USG.6
Analyze the expansion of suffrage for its effect on the political system of the United States, including suffrage for non-property owners, women, African Americans, and persons eighteen years of age.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Plight of minority groups to gain suffrage rights, including women, African-Americans, non-property owners, and persons eighteen years of age.
Key constitutional amendments and laws that have allowed for the expansion of the right to vote.
Key obstacles imposed during the Jim Crow era to limit suffrage rights.
Key events in the Civil Rights Movement that led to the expansion of suffrage rights.

Skills

Students are able to:

Place in chronological order the acquiring of suffrage rights for various minority groups.
Connect key amendments and laws to their impact on the expansion of suffrage.
Analyze charts and graphs of voter turnout by various minority groups over time and who these groups voted for.

Understanding

Students understand that:

The right to vote has not been guaranteed to all citizens throughout American history but has been gradually expanded to Americans over time and that the expansion of the right to vote has shifted party alliances and campaign strategies.

Vocabulary

suffrage
disenfranchisement
Seneca Falls Convention
suffragettes
15^th Amendment
19^th Amendment
24^th Amendment
26^th Amendment
Jim Crow
grandfather clause
literacy test
poll tax
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Motor Voter Law of 1995

Aligned Learning Resources

Voting

History of Voting in the United States: Create a Virtual Exhibit

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