B#6 Voting & Civil Rights
9-12 Benchmark 1-B.
United States: analyze and evaluate the impact of major eras, events and individuals in United States history since the civil war and reconstruction:
#6 Standards and Specifications:
Analyze the development of voting and civil rights for all groups in the United States following reconstruction, to include:
a. intent and impact of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the constitution;
b. segregation as enforced by Jim Crow laws following reconstruction;
c. key court cases (e.g., Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Roe v. Wade);
d. roles and methods of civil rights advocates (e.g., Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Russell Means, and César Chávez);
e. the passage and effect of the voting rights legislation on minorities (e.g., 19th amendment, role of Arizona supreme court decision on Native Americans, their disenfranchisement under Arizona constitution and subsequent changes made in other state constitutions regarding Native American voting rights - such as New Mexico, 1962, 1964 Civil Rights Act, Voting Act of 1965, 24th Amendment);
Specifications:
â—Ź For (e) Analyze the Snyder Act of 1924 in relation to the New Mexico Court Ruling in 1962 regarding Native voting
â—Ź Key court cases are also assessed on the US Government EOC
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Sample Question: History.I.1-B.6e
Which statement regarding the 24th amendment to the U.S. Constitution is correct?
A. It gave women the right to vote.
B. It guaranteed the right to vote.
C. It enacted prohibition and a fine for illegal activities.
D. It outlawed the payment of any tax as a condition to vote.*
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