Aavr powerpoint

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African American Voting Rights : The 15th Amendment Reconstruction Era

http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm#banjo

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The First Vote

• What might the African American man be thinking about as he cast his first ballot?

• What legislation gives him the right to do so?

• What might the white registar be thinking as he watches this man cast his ballot?

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.html

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15th Amendment

Article XV.Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The First Colored Senator and Representatives, in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States.Washington: Currier & Ives, 1872.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5b.html

Elective Franchise - The rights of Citizens to vote in public elections.

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15th Amendment to the U.S. ConstitutionAfrican American’s Right to Vote

TOP: The photo of the doucment: http://www.historicaldocuments.com/15thAmendmentlg.htmLEFT: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.html

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Reconstruction Era Reconstruction generally

refers to the period in U.S. History immediately following the Civil War (1865 – 1877) Reconstruction, also known as Radical Reconstruction. During this time the South was in political, social, and economic turmoil, after the Confederate states had seceded. In response, the Union attempted to regain order in the Confederate states.

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_32_00039.htm

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/text/migration9.html

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Voter Discrimination During Reconstruction

Grandfather Clause http://www.historicaldocuments.com/15thAmendmentlg.htm

Literacy Test

7White Supremacy

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/photos/html/1010.html

Jim Crow, Intimidation and Fear

Segregationhttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/php/scribble.php?pic=3

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What Does This Image Make You Think?

This is a 19th-century drawing. What are your impressions about the character being portrayed? What other thoughts and emotions does this image inspire in you?

(For Student Journal Response)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/php/scribble.php?pic=3

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One Vote

"How important is one voter?

In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.

In 1694, one voter caused Charles I of England to be executed.

In 1776, one vote game America the English language instead of German.

In 1845 one vote brought Texas into the Union.

In 1868, one vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment.

In 1875, one vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic.

In 1876, one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency of the United States.

In 1923, one vote gave Adolf Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party.

In 1941, one vote saved Selective Service -- just weeks before

Pearl Harbor was attacked." Yes one vote makes a difference. It matters.