Some Northern states extend the vote to Blacks — but most states do not. 1867: 14th Amendment extends citizenship to Blacks. Under the 14th Amendment all .

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The new laws required the southern states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and to guarantee blacks the right to vote. The radical Republicans were angered .

14th Amendment History. By Matthew Yglesias on Jan 5, 2011 at 3:28 pm . For an amendment to be ratified a ton of people have to vote for it and they have .

The 15th Amendment prohibited explicit disenfranchisement on the basis of race . suit against Georgia's poll tax, alleging violations of the 14th Amendment and the . . The history of black disenfranchisement demonstrates that it was a product .

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The amendment provided the right to vote to individuals who were eighteen years of age. Previous to this, the 14th Amendment had set the voting age at 21. .

Nonetheless, the Fourteenth Amendment was the most important constitutional change in the nation's history since the Bill of Rights. Its heart was the first section .

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23: The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it . . Black History Month .

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Jul 28, 2011 – This Day In History. 14th Amendment Adopted Into The Constitution. . But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for .

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Ironically the First Fourteenth Amendment . That article, passed by the necessary number of votes called for selective incorporation against the state some . It must be remember at this particular point in time in American History, the House of .

The 14th Amendment also reduced representation in Congress of any southern state that deprived African Americans of the vote. In 1870, the country went even .

Aug 4, 2010 – Irony alert: GOP touts proud 14th amendment history . In Congress, all votes in favor of the 14th Amendment were from Republicans, and all .

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Aug 10, 2010 – Some say that legislation related to the 14th Amendment is the . Passage of a new constitutional amendment would require a two-thirds “aye” vote in the . that that reading of the history of the 14th Amendment is untrue and .

What is the political history of the ERA? . and precedent with the 14th and 15th Amendments shows that rescissions (legislative votes retracting . The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, to deal with race discrimination. .

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Background of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, designed to prohibit . Blacks could not vote in the North - if they had had that right, Grant would have taken . The Powers of Congress under the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments .

The 14th Amendment guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens. . In Congress, all votes in favor of the 14th Amendment were from . .. Republicans have the opportunity to make history once again by winning .

Feb 5, 2004 – In an 1865 publication documenting the history of black voting rights, . .. Decades after the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments, many .

This was disputed in Shaw v Reno (1993) when five white voters claimed that their rights under the 14th Amendment had been violated. By a vote of 5 to 4, the .

Jan 5, 2011 – The amendment itself has a long and storied history, dating to just . The Senate passed the 14th Amendment on June 8, 1866, by a vote of 33 .

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The so-called "Fourteenth Amendment" was dubiously proclaimed by the Secretary . the right to vote or hold office from all citizens who had served in the Confederate Army. . W. E. Woodward, in his famous work, "A New American History? .

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How was it that its provisions did not give women the right to vote? What did the 15th Amendment add that wasn't in the 14th? Answer. History is messy. And so .

Sep 8, 2010 – Facts and Information about the amendments to the U.S. Constitution. . is outlined elsewhere, as is the ratification history of each Amendment. . .. The 14th Amendment only guaranteed the vote, in a roundabout way, to those .

Nov 17, 2005 – Right to vote? When Southern states balked at implementing .

African American Men Get the Vote. In 1866, the 14th Amendment to the federal Constitution was passed, guaranteeing citizenship to the former slaves and .

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The Congress proposed the Fifteenth Amendment on February 26, 1869. The .

The Issue: Does the Fourteenth Amendment "Incorporate" the Protections of . By a 5 to 4 vote the Court in that case narrowly interpreted the Privileges and . THE DRED SCOTT CASE AND THE ORIGINS OF "PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES" .

Overview Oral History ▶. Partner Projects Washington History Online . Suffragists tested their voting rights based on the 14th Amendment rationale in 1869 at .

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When ten percent of a state's citizens eligible to vote in 1860 swear an .

Jun 27, 2010 – A Historical Introduction To The U.S. Constitution 14th Amendment . This was a most interesting period of time in our history. . States into rescinding their vote of “rejection” regarding the ratification of the 14th Amendment: .

Jump to The Equal Protection Clause and voting‎: Herndon (1927) that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited denial of the vote .

Jan 10, 2011 – Their lawyers argued that while District law specified that .

Jul 28, 2010 – Technically, a lot of black men weren't able to vote even after the 14th Amendment was passed…. the Jim Crow laws, for instance. .

Mar 8, 2011 – For example, states can deny felons the right to vote for the reason that they . 1 Legal history and constructions of the Fourteenth Amendment .

In Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966), the Supreme Court held Virginia's poll tax to be unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. .

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