Voting Rights and Advocacy Keywords

14th Amendment

Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and is guaranteed equal protection of the law

19th Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

Justices

Judges of the Supreme Court

15th Amendment

U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed

convention

a meeting with a specific purpose

progessive

political movement to promote social welfare by addressing poverty, poor working conditions, unemployment, and the lack of educational opportunities.

liberal

political viewpoint that encourages government participation in the economic, social, and moral activity of the population.

confirmed

ratified or made certain

abolitionist

reformer who wanted to end slavery in the United States

literacy

the ability to read and write

Union

the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War (the North)

Reconstruction

the period after the Civil War in the United States

suffrage

the right to vote

condemn

to express strong disapproval of

revoke

to take back, to cancel