Two long term trends that characterized the history of suffrage in the United States:
- Various restrictions on the right to vote were gradually eliminated.
- The federal government asserted authority over states in establishing laws regarding voting rights.
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<u>Explanation</u>
- At the start of American life, only white men could vote, and only those who owned property. Some early voting laws set religious requirements also. For example, the initial constitutions of Georgia and South Carolina required voters to be members of the Protestant faith. The religious test was ended with the 1787 adoption of the US Constitution, which said, "No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." Over time, the requirements for property ownership were dropped within individual states' laws. Eventually, also racial and gender restrictions were removed. The 15th Amendment (1870) gave voting rights to non-white men after the Civil War. The 19th Amendment (1920) gave voting rights to women after the First World War.
- The 15th and 19th Amendments as noted, serve as examples of a gradual standardizing of voting rights across the country. The authority of the US Constitution, constitutional amendments, and federal laws brought all states into line under the same guidelines. Poll taxes that were targeted at keeping poor black Americans from voting were ruled unconstitutional by the 24th Amendment (1964). The Voting Rights Act of 1965 went further in protecting racial minorities from discriminatory practices in regard to voting. The 26th Amendment (1971) gave all citizens 18 and older the right to vote, younger than many states previously allowed. So the trend over time was a standardizing of voting practices nationwide.
<span>Noah wanted to give America its own identity. It is only natural for pronunciations and dialect to change as people move away from each other and form their own cultures. Noah's decision to do this gave America independence when it came to dialect and helped in establishing American culture.</span>
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Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. It is considered the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians and the greatest among those of the Sumerian city of Uruk which advanced the writing of cuneiform c. 3200 BCE.
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Compass: Allowed sailors and navigators to find direction.
Gunpowder: Allowed us to make modern day weapons, such as guns.
Paper: Allowed us to write on a thing that can be mass produced and is efficient to use.
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Himalayan Mountains, the Indus River, and the Ganges River.
