The Right to Vote is Suffrage Suffrage Timeline

The Right to Vote is: Suffrage

Suffrage Timeline 1789 Only white, males landowners had voting rights (6% of population) 1820 Property requirement abolished so all white males could vote 1850 55% of the adult population eligible to vote 1861 15 th amendment gives black men right to vote 1892 Literacy tests, poll taxes, etc. kept black men from voting 1920 Women get right to vote with 19 th amendment 1965 Voting rights act abolishes literacy tests, poll taxes, etc, 24 th amendment 1964 1971 After the Vietnam war, voting age changed to 18 by 26 th amendment https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=P 9 Vdy. Pbbzl. I

The Party in the Electorate • The electorate- is a body of people allowed to vote in an election. • The purpose of political parties is to work together to create and implement policies by winning elections. • This was fairly easy in the early days of the U. S. with a limited electorate. • It has become far more complex as the electorate has expanded and the groups involved in politics has grown.

U. S. Political Party Organization chair-the chairperson is elected to preside over meetings and organize activities Precinct-the smallest voting district National Committee and Chair National Party Convention State Committee and Chair State Party Convention County (Parish) Committee and Chair County (Parish) Party Convention Precinct Committee and Chair Precinct Party Convention- a meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates.