Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Kentucky are states that permanently ban all felons from voting. Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Nevada are states that permanently ban some felons from voting; the ones who convicted- moral turpitude, second-felony convictions, treason, and election-related offenses. Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington are states…

when the nation was a loose confederation of states, each operating like independent countries” (The U.S. Constitution, 2009). Initially this document was known as Articles of Confederation. Written by the Constitutional Congress, the articles were successful in establishing a first draft for a constitution but failed in many other aspects. For example, under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government did not have the power to tax the states and they did not have a national army. They…

Areas in the United States Constitution have an absence of explicitness which has created problems, where areas, creates conflict for a sentence. However, on the positive side, the Constitution leaves room for modern ideas. But for the most part, is the actions of the common people and yourself that shaped the country. To further explain, Article II, section 2 grants power to the president of the United States without setting specific boundaries, therefore, limitations should be set and no more…

The United States of America was founded as a nation freedom, democracy, and equality would reign. “Every man is created equal” proclaimed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The promise was made that the people of the new nation would have the inalienable right to choose their own leaders in free and fair democratic elections. Nevertheless, this right only truly applied to wealthy white men at the inception of this country. As enslaved people, African Americans had no rights for nearly a…

Reconstruction Amendments. The Reconstruction Amendments were a set of…

between central government and states 2. Lobbying- A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause 3. Proportional representation voting systems- A party wins seat depending on what percentage they win. 4. Single-member, simple plurality voting systems (or “Winner-takes- All” electoral systems)- Person with the most votes wins. 5. Political Action Committee (PACs)- is any organization in the United States that campaigns for…

freeing the slaves in confederate states. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while viewing a play in Ford 's Theater. Andrew Johnson then took over. Then in Dec, slavery was prohibited through the Thirteenth Amendment. The Civil Rights Act is legalised, the first law regrading the rights for African- Americans. In December, the KKK made many attempts to discourage the African-Americans from voting Fpr $7.2 million, the USA buys Alaska off Russia. The…

rights, and nothing less.” With this motto she influenced people while she advocated for women’s rights. Along with this, she helped to bring about the abolition of slavery. Susan Brownwell Anthony played an immense role in the history of the United States’ society all the while empowering the next generation to continue to uphold this magnificent movement. Susan B. Anthony heavily influenced and affected the Women’s Rights Movement. She could easily be considered the “Mother of Women’s…

from structure that appears to hold for everybody else. Elsewhere, classes within society may have experienced difficulty over authority and freedom, over persecution and oppression, over competing discernment for morality and right; but in the United States, these were next in line after the underlying theme of race. Race has factored into social, economic, political and educational aspects in society in years past and even today. Jamestown, founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company, was the…

influential texts of the time provides invaluable insight into major historical events. The second half of the fifteenth century was a time of economic revival, population expansion, technological advancement and the height of the Renaissance in Europe. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440 and by 1500, printing presses were in operation throughout Western Europe. By the late fifteenth century, West African empires…