Unit 9: Elections and Voting Rights: From the Founding through the Civil Rights Movement

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Learn about the story of elections and voting in America and explore constitutional debates over modern issues like campaign finance and redistricting.

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What has the Supreme Court said about voter ID laws?
(Run time: 0:56 minutes)
What has the Supreme Court said about gerrymandering?
(Run time: 3:50 minutes)
What did the Supreme Court say in the congressional reappointment cases?
(Run time: 2:16 minutes)
What role does the Constitution set out for Congress in elections?
(Run time: 2:53 minutes)
How does the Supreme Court analyze voting rights challenges?
(Run time: 2:51 minutes)
What does the Constitution say about voting?
(Run time: 2:04 minutes)
What did the Supreme Court say in Shelby County v. Holder?
(Run time: 2:24 minutes)
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
(Run time: 2:54 minutes)
How did Jim Crow laws undermine the promise of the 15th Amendment?
(Run time: 2:40 minutes)

How did constitutional amendments transform the right to vote in America?
(Run time: 2:03 minutes)
What were the practical effects of the 15th Amendment?
(Run time: 2:21 minutes)
How did the 15th Amendment transform the Constitution?
(Run time: 2:12 minutes)
What has the Supreme Court said about the constitutionality of campaign finance laws?
(Run time: 1:24 minutes)
Why were some groups denied the right to vote in the Founding Era?
(Run time: 1:29 minutes)
What does the Elections Clause say?
(Run time: 1:03 minutes)
How was the 19th Amendment ratified?
(Run time: 2:32 minutes)
Why did some suffragists think that the 14th Amendment protected women's voting rights?
(Run time: 1:54 minutes)
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
(Run time: 2:06 minutes)

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