Voting Rights (1776)

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When the United States was first ​

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, the Constitution did not say anything at all about who could and could not ​

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. Instead, the Constitution left if up to the ​

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to decide what the ​

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were for voting.

Multiple Select

Most states borrowed their rules for voting from England (Great Britain) and said that a person needed to be _______, over the age of _____ and _________ in order to be able to vote in elections.

• male

• 21

• own land

• a citizen

Open Ended

Why might the government consider a person who owned land to more responsible voters?

(Answer in 1-2 complete sentences. The answer is not in the reading...you have to go to your head)

Multiple Choice

True or False: Between the years 1776 and 1807 the state of New Jersey allowed anyone (male or female) who was an adult and owned property to vote in their elections.

• False
• Maybe

• True

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Although Paul Cuffee was not successful​

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when he asked the state of Massachusetts to allow ​

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men and ​

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American men to vote, he did help to start the process of changing the rules around ​

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in Massachusetts.

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immediately

Black

Native

voting

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Because people who do not have the right to vote do not have a voice in the government, groups such as _______, _________ and _________ did not receive much help or protection from the United States government.

• Women

• Slaves

• Native Americans

• White Men

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The two ways that the rules around voting in the United States changed over time were by states __________ their laws and ___________ the U.S. Constitution

• Changing

• Civil War

• Amending

• Giving