George Washington elected president of the United States
Louisiana Purchase made by US President Thomas Jefferson
War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine begins under President James Monroe (means USA stays out of colonialism) 1823
Mexican War between the United States and Mexico (1848)
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v Sandford ruling issued by the US Supreme Court (means southerners could take back into slavery people who escaped slavery by going north) 1857
Missouri Compromise (meant missouri could be a slave state and maine a free state)
The US Civil War begins
13th Amendment ratified : slavery abolished 1865
14th Amendment ratified : ex slaves considered citizens. but also meant corporations could be counted as a persons 1868
Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson 1868
15th Amendment ratified 1870 African American men could vote
The Suez Canal cuts off thousands of miles off shipping routes.
Your answer is <span>Iberian Peninsula</span>
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>A. First Amendment
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, the Right to Assembly, and the Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances are the five freedoms basic to American life that can be found in the First Amendment.</span>
