The Civil Rights The Civil Rights MovementMovementOver time, more and Over time, more and

more people demanded more people demanded civil rights for all civil rights for all Americans. Americans.

The marches, The marches, speeches, sit-ins, speeches, sit-ins, freedom rides and freedom rides and activities all added up activities all added up to what we know as to what we know as the Civil Rights the Civil Rights Movement.Movement.

Voting Voting Laws Laws

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Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr.

President Lyndon B. Johnson

The The 2424thth Amendment Amendment was was added to the added to the Constitution in Constitution in 1964. 1964. It banned the use It banned the use of poll taxes in of poll taxes in electionselections. .

The The Voting Rights Voting Rights Act Act was signed by was signed by President Johnson in President Johnson in 1965. 1965.

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This law: This law: • protected the right protected the right

to vote for all to vote for all citizens citizens • Eliminated the Eliminated the literacy testliteracy test

• Eliminated the Eliminated the property property ownership ownership requirementrequirement

Women gained voting rights after a long Women gained voting rights after a long hard fight. Wyoming was the first to give hard fight. Wyoming was the first to give women the vote in 1869, but it took the women the vote in 1869, but it took the

work of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady work of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and many others to get the job Stanton and many others to get the job

done!done!

The Women’s VoteThe Women’s Vote

The Women’s VoteThe Women’s Vote

Women won the right to Women won the right to vote in August of 1920!vote in August of 1920!

The 19The 19thth Amendment Amendment said, “The right of said, “The right of citizens of the United citizens of the United States to vote States to vote shall shall not be denied … on not be denied … on account of sexaccount of sex.” .”

The American Indian The American Indian VoteVote

American Indians were American Indians were not considered citizens not considered citizens of the United States of the United States until 1924. Before that, until 1924. Before that, they were considered they were considered members of their own members of their own tribal governments.tribal governments.

In 1924, President In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian signed the Indian Citizenship Act. Citizenship Act.

The American Indian The American Indian VoteVote

This gave American This gave American Indians the rights and Indians the rights and privileges of American privileges of American citizenship. This citizenship. This includes voting, of includes voting, of course!course!

DC Voting DC Voting RightsRights

Residents of the Residents of the District of Columbia District of Columbia did not get the right to did not get the right to vote in presidential vote in presidential elections until the 23elections until the 23rdrd Amendment was Amendment was ratified in 1961.ratified in 1961.

Changing the Voting Changing the Voting AgeAge

In the 1960s and 1970s In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of young men thousands of young men were drafted to fight in were drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Many the Vietnam War. Many were too young to vote. were too young to vote.

The The 2626thth Amendment Amendment was was passed in 1971. passed in 1971.

Supporters of this amendment chanted, Supporters of this amendment chanted, ““Old enough to fight, old enough to vote!”Old enough to fight, old enough to vote!”

Changing the Voting Changing the Voting AgeAge

It says, “The right It says, “The right of citizens of the of citizens of the United States, who United States, who are 18 years of age are 18 years of age or older, to vote or older, to vote shall not be shall not be denied… on account denied… on account of ageof age.”.”