When did black people in America became citizens of this country? Is slavery entirely illegal in the United States? When did black Americans get the right to vote?

The right of citizens of the United States to vote

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

After reading this week’s materials under Resources in Modules, please answer each of the following questions.

1. Why is it not true to say that Frederick Douglass, before the Civil War, was an African American? (The answer has to do with citizenship.)

2. In what country would we be right now if the Confederate States of America, instead of the United States, had won the Civil War?

3. When did black people in America became citizens of this country?

4. Is slavery entirely illegal in the United States?

5. When did black Americans get the right to vote?

6. When did American women get the right to vote?

7. Why do you think politicians in many states right now are trying to restrict voting rights?

8. Americans who are newly adult belong to the most diverse and open-minded generation in America’s history. How do you think they’ll affect the future in terms of people’s rights?