Changing the Law of the Land 🧑‍⚖️

Today's class was led by a guest teacher. 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the laws concerning slavery have changed since the signing of the Constitution
• Describe the amendments that ensured the right to vote for African Americans
• Summarize women's struggles for the right to vote
• Explain why the voting age was lowered to eighteen
• Describe how the amendment process gives Americans a voice in their government

⏰ What We Did

• Using the instructional notes taken yesterday on Lesson 6, Part 3, answered the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define suffrage.
2. Summarize the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case.
3. How did the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee citizenship to African Americans?
4. Explain why a women's suffrage amendment was finally added to the Constitution.
5. Why was the voting age lowered to eighteen?
6. Evaluate Do you think that the voting age should be higher or lower than eighteen? If so, what age do you think it should be? Support your opinion — either yes or no — with reasons.