Directions: Go to the government website in which the 15th Amendment is discussed and read the article about Voting Amendments in America. Answer the questions below, post your responses. Respond to a classmate on or before Friday 11/20.
Suffrage and Civil Rights
Questions:
1. Define the word suffrage.
2. Compare the groups historically denied expansion of suffrage in the United States? Why were certain groups historically prevented from voting?
3. Soon you will be able to vote, what must you consider before you register to vote? Visit the U.S.government website on voter registration requirements. Explain the necessary steps one must take to register to vote, voter i.d. requirements and voter age requirements.
4. Now that you are on the U.S. Gov voter website, what advice is provided for selecting a candidate in the article on How to judge a candidate.How to judge a candidate?
5. What would factors would you consider when judging a candidate and why?
I attempted to access the link for question number 2 but I could not open the link so I just tried to mold questions 1 and 2 together.
ReplyDeleteSuffrage is the right given to people to be able to in political events or elections. Continued to number 2.
Based on knowledge from the past in America, African Americans, and later on women, were both historically prevented from voting because of their differences from the traditional “American” individual and how society perceived them to not be one of their people. The difference between potentially these two groups was that one was due to the skin color of a person while the other was due to a stereotype that women were only meant to stay at home and not have the opinions of men doing a “man’s job” and voting.
What you must consider before you register to vote is all the requirements that you need to be able to vote and identification of who you are and such, and if you have moved or changed your name. For most states the biggest step you must take in order to vote is having proof that you are 18 which is the legal age to vote by, also you must receive a voter registration card which means you are eligible to vote and once you get this you must confirm your name and home address and so forth to make sure everything about you is still correct.
The advice that is provided on how to judge a candidate is mainly seven topics of interest, determine what you are looking for in a candidate, visit a specific website and learn more about the candidates on your ballot, gather materials on the candidate like media coverage, evaluate the candidate’s position on certain issues that you may agree or disagree with, learn about the candidates leadership abilities, learn about what other people think or view about the candidate, and use the candidate report card to evaluate your options which is essentially all the answers to the questions you asked before.
I believe that the factors I would consider when judging a candidate would be mainly their views on certain issues and how they are as a moral and good human being. The personality trait is even more important to me because I feel that any candidate can give good views on issues but if they are truly a good person than you can trust they will always try their best to make the best decisions and actions possible for their people.
1) Alike to my classmate who responded above, the embedded link in this post did not allow access to me either. However, I will attempt to answer this prompt to the best of my ability with basic foundations from the U.S. History course I took last year foremost, with a few personal insights.
ReplyDeleteFurther, suffrage is simply the right to vote for those eligible of all ages. However, its ascendancy was not immediate in the slightest. Centuries of corruption, anguish, and hate fueled the masses to stand up for what was right.
2) Such groups ousted from their birth right to vote were attributed as minority populations regionally, which, on the offset, not-so-inadvertently devalued their existence as cognizant human beings. Most recognizable are the African American, Latino and Latino-descent, American Indian, and female lives, but there are others. Each were prevented from voting because they were discriminated against, although varyingly different and even somewhat similar in numerous societal identifiers. Women, for instance, were taught to be belittled to a submissive stance in the face of men. They were told to be “caregivers” to all, and that pursuing a profession beside capable men was just out of their league. Thus, their purported opinions weren’t necessary in elections, and would open up the floor to esteemed men who “should” be the only ones notable enough to occupy the space. In a downgraded position as women were the Latino and Latino-descent, American Indian, and American American communities- discriminated against by race foremost, among other often societally-determined characteristics. Most blatant is their governmentally-determined socioeconomic competency, as an example. They were dealt cards in a simulated society that were never even intended possibilities to be fit. Each were all looked upon differently, based upon their regional standing and overseen prestige (i.e. American Indian tribes and across-border connections), which proportioned their reported “values” to prejudiced insight and gain. Such a twisted perception to human life, focused on domination.
3) To be able to vote one must meet the voter requirements of age and citizenship, but, aside one needs to make sure that their voter registration requirements are updated- as in any recent changes in household location or arrangements, and especially if a legal name is altered.
4) This criteria list aids one as an immensely helpful foundation for one to build their case research for making educated electional decisions. It particularly specifies the importance of looking into prospective candidates’ stances on issues, leadership abilities, outward opinion on character, and campaign ethicality as most pressing. Here, one can elevate their comprehensive knowledge of their potential leaders step-by-step.
5) I would try to decode all of the interrelations of their campaign, including their convictions, promises, and the people they choose to be around- most definitely taking into account those who publicly endorse them. I believe piece-by-piece putting together the pieces of one’s personality and outward competence is one of the best ways to form a well-rounded stance on critically relevant issues.
Suffrage is the right given to all citizens to vote.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, only land owning male citizens could vote, but now everybody over 18 can vote.
To vote, you need to be at least 18, be a citizen, and make sure your voter registration is up to date.
When deciding who to vote for, you should do research and find out what each candidate believes in, supports, and what they plan to do if they are elected.
The factors I would look for in a candidate is someone who is honest, intelligent, and who’s policies I agree with, such as lower taxes.