7-1+Notes

The U.S. Constitution is signed. Slavery issue is not addressed. || 1820 The Missouri Compromise divides the nation on slavery. || 1857 The Dread-Scott Decision shows the government supported slavery. || 1865 End of Civil War & 13th Amendment ends slavery. || 1868 14th Amendment gives citizenship to all (Equal Protection)  ||  1869 || 1870 15th Amendment gives suffrage to African American men. || 1920 19th Amendment gives women suffrage. || 1954  ||  1964 24th Amendment eliminates poll taxes. ||   1971  26th Amendment lowers the voting age to 18. || || They were afraid the southern states wouldn't join the Union. || ||  The power to decide citizenship was taken away from individual states, and made for all African Americans in the nation. || ||  The 14th & 15th amendments gave equal rights and suffrage to African Americans, but it wasn't untilo the 24th amendment that they actually achieved this equality. || ||  Women had started protesting and they were working in factories because men were fighting in WW1. This proved they could be more than housewives and mothers. || || They agreed and changed the voting age. || || The Vietnam War and the draft. ||  || 27 ||
 * 1787
 * **7-1 Questions** || ** Answers ** ||
 * 1. Why were the Framers reluctant to abolish slavery in the Constitution?
 * 2. How did the Fourtheenth Amendment ensure citizenship for African Americans?
 * 3. How did the Twenty-Fourth Amendment differ from the Fourtheent and Fifteenth Amendments?
 * 4. Why did people's traditional values about women begin to change in the 1900s?
 * 5. How did Congress and the Supreme Court view lowering the voting age from 21 to 18?
 * 6. What spurred the growth in public sentiment for a lowered voting age?
 * 7. How many amendments are there?
 * 8. What do the number of amendments suggest about our government? || Our government is flexible because it has changed with time as people and culture have changed. ||