Transcript "African-American Voting Rights" PowerPoint Presentation

African American Voting Rights :
The 15th Amendment
Reconstruction Era
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http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm#banjo
The First Vote
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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?
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.html
Lesson Objectives
Students will learn:
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Citizenship rights in the U.S. include the right to vote and
the 15 Amendment eliminated race as a factor in voting
eligibility.
The voting rights of African American males were protected
on paper, in practice these new political reforms were
undermined by violence and intimidation from the remnants
of the slave regime in the South.
Radical Members of the First Legislature after the War, South Carolina 1878.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5b.html
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Lesson Overview……..(Two 50 minute class periods)
Into:
KWL - of what students know about African Americans rights to vote
Journal Write - a dialog between the men in the photo of “The First Vote”
Discuss - the conversation in reference to emancipation and voting law
Vocabulary - distribute a list of all the terms discussed in this unit
Through:
Groups - review/discuss the 14-15 Amendments, chart of African
American Congress, ex-Confederate harassment during Reconstruction
Students will state the purpose of each document
Pairs - students pairs will read “A Klan Victim Testifies” and compile a
list of why African American’s might not exercise their right to vote
Discussion - of the group list’s, make inferences or reach conclusions
Beyond:
Internet – Electronic worksheet, complete selected assignments at
www. learning.loc.gov, www.africana.com, and www.pbs.org
Writing - dialogue entry , disfranchisement, reconstruction
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Electronic Worksheet
Group Members: ________________________
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Period: ________________________
Date: ________________________
African American Voting Rights
California State Standard:
SS: 8.11 Section.5 - Understand the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution and analyze their
connection to Reconstruction
SS: 11. 10 Section 6 - Analyze the passage and effects of civil rights and voting rights legislation.
Task One: Examine the following articles on the Reconstruction Period and look
(http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/index.html) for statements about what took place during the this period.
1. Why was the Reconstruction period important for both blacks and white?
2. What was the goal of Reconstruction?
3. In 1862 what did president Lincoln do?
Task Two: Examine the following articles “African America Voting Rights: (http://lcweb2.loc.gov.html)
and look for statements about how African Americans benefited from the Voting Rights Act.
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th
15
Amendment
Elective Franchise - The rights of Citizens to vote in
public elections.
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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.
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5b.html
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
African American’s Right to Vote
TOP: The photo of the doucment:
http://www.historicaldocuments.com/15thAmendmentlg.htm
LEFT: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_reconstruct.html
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http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/text/migration9.html
Reconstruction Era
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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
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Voter Discrimination During Reconstruction
Grandfather Clause
http://www.historicaldocuments.com/15thAmendmentlg.htm
Literacy Test
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Intimidation and death
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After Reconstruction white
supremacist did everything
possible to prevent Blacks
from voting.
Copyright 1997 State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/tools_voting.html
Jim Crow, Intimidation and Fear
Segregation
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/php/scribble.php?pic=3
White Supremacy
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What Does This Image Make You Think?
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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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Differentiated Instruction an Overview
of SDAIE, ELD & ELL Strategies
 Graphic Organizer - K-W-L Chart
 Visual Enrichment - Understand/interpret visual art in
relation to history
 Explicit Instruction - Talk slow and avoid jargon (ELL)
 Multimedia - Microsoft® Encarta Africana CD-ROM
 Relia – photographs, artifacts, documents (ELL)
 Internet Technology – www.africana.com,
electronic sheet
 Scaffold Material - Open ended questions,
 Journal Writing – write journal responses
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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.
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