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to ensure ratification from everybody, no decision was made on slavery
slaves counted as state population
runaway slaves had to be returned to owners |
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| Tension Between the North and the South |
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competed for power in Congress
Missouri Compromise: divided new lands into "slave" and "free" territories
settlers in each area could vote on slavery |
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| A Controversial Court Decision |
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slave Dred Scott traveled with owner to a free area, returned to slave area and declared himself a free man
constitution could be interpreted as allowing slavery |
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| abolished slavery in 1865 after the Civil War |
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| African Americans and the Right to Vote |
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constitution banned slavery
still a struggle for citizenship and voting rights for A.A.
freedom didn't mean equality |
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ensured citizenship for A.A.
takes power to grant citizenship away from the states
no state can deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without law
can't deny anyone equal protection under the law |
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in some states citizenship didn't guarantee a right to vote
declares that states may not deny the vote to any person on the basis of race color or previous servitude |
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prevent A.A. voting be requiring to pay a poll tax
poll taxes declared illegal |
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| Traditional ideas about Women |
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worked in the home and cared for family
unable to handle many jobs
allowed to do low-paying jobs |
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| Challenging the Traditional View |
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became active in social issues
insisted on the right to vote
suffragists gained attention by marching, giving speeches, writing to governmnet officials and newspapers, and hunger strikes
proposed amendment allowing suffrage to women was introduced by failed to pass for 40 years |
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women were truly part of "we the people"
they could vote |
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| Youth and the Right to Vote |
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voting age lowered to 18 from 21
believed that citizens old enought to fight and die for their country shouldn't be denied the right to vote |
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to get the right to vote in all elections so they had to change the constitution
107 daus to ratify the proposed change |
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constitution can be changed in response to new attitudes and conditions in society
27th Amendment: if members of Congress vote to increase their salaries, the change can't go into effect until after the next election |
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