US History HNGoal 1.02 Analyze the political freedoms available to the following groups prior to 1820: women, wage earners, landless farmers, American Indians, African Americans, and other ethnic groups.

Starter Create a list of your wants and needs as the

individual you have selected (there should be 15 of each)

Examples of wants: toys, perfume, glass window

Examples of needs: seeds, food, safety, shelter

6 minutes Save your card, you will need it later

List your wants and needs (15 each)

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The “Political Powerless” Questions for Consideration:

How do these people shape the US over time? How do people respond to injustice? Could life have been different for these people?

Key Words: Franchise Suffrage Subordinate Assimilate

Starter Look over the amendments to the constitution pgs.

47-57 List at least five that provide rights for specific

minority groups in America Why do you think these amendments were

necessary? Do you think the majority of Americans supported

these amendments being added to the constitution?

First-speech, assembly, religion, press, petition

LIST of POLITICAL FREEDOMS

•Free speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government

•Right to vote

•Own land

•Sue

•Hold political office

•Divorce

•Treated equally

•Protected from unreasonable search & seizures

•Speedy & public trial by jury

The “Political Powerless”

Women Wage Earners

Landless Farmers

American Indians

Free Blacks

Enslaved Blacks

Criminals Mentally Disabled

Powerless?

Women Housework Childbearing Subordinate Little education Restrictive clothing Outside home work

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Free Blacks Limited support system Could be enslaved if unable to prove freedom Subordinate Limited education Subject to racial violence Could not testify in court

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Wage Earners No job security Little respect Disfiguring labor Agricultural Alcohol, violence

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Enslaved Blacks Considered property Could not possess property Could not marry No stability Restricted mobility Illiterate Forced into Christianity

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Landless Farmers Continuously in debt No respect Cannot hold political office Little tools Limited beasts of burden Poor health

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Criminals Punished harshly Not provided due process Not given adequate defense Physically abused Overcrowded and inhumane prison conditions

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American Indians Not recognized as citizens (not until 1924) Forcibly removed from homeland Forced to assimilate Prohibited from practicing traditional

lifestyle Treaties not honored Intentionally made sick

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Mentally Disabled Treated as criminals Housed in prisons Physically abused

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Were they so “powerless”? No Women influence men

Abigail Adams Slaves could sabotage a plantation

Whites lived in fear of their slaves Wage earners could quit But their power was limited without a vote

Why is voting important? Votes = power Elected officials have the power to create and

enforce laws Voters have the power to choose the officials Officials are subject to voters Without voting an individual cannot

determine his own life

Qualifications to Vote Property owner Wealth/ Income Literacy Citizenship increasingly over time, qualifications for voting were

revised to encompass those who owned different types of property (other than land), satisfied an income threshold, or even had a certain social standing or professional occupation

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Those who were restricted beyond economics blacks, the mentally ill, those with criminal records, and those who had not long been residents in

the county or state Women, blacks, and youth were the principle

sufferers of restrictions on the franchise

Black Voters Every new state that joined the Union after 1819

explicitly denied blacks the right to vote. In 1855, only five states -- Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont -- allowed African-Americans to vote without significant restrictions.

In 1826, only sixteen black New Yorkers were qualified to vote.

Those that never allowed blacks to vote before the Fourteenth Amendment

California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin, as well as all the southern states.

Moreover, at the same time that Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania eased their economic qualifications, each altered their constitution to exclude blacks.

the only states that extended the franchise to blacks were those in New England, where those of African descent were exceptionally rare, and New York (where a property requirement of $250 was applied to blacks but not to whites)

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Group Work Create a stickman that represents the group of

people you have been assigned Brainstorm 5 minutes Each person must have 3 parts on the stickman Work 20 minutes Each group member must help present

Stickman Example

Tired feet from working hard in the fields

Missing a hand for stealing

Poor eyesight due to poor health care

Hungry from not having enough land to grow foods instead of cash crops

12 Parts of the StickmanWhat I think

What I seeWhat I smell

What I say

What my hands do What I wish my hands could do

How I feelWhat I eat

What I wear

Where my feet carry meHow my feet feel

Where I live

  Criteria Points

1 2 3 4  

Participation Student does not participate

at all.

Student participates, but does not offer valid

responses.

Student provides valid responses but does not generate

ideas

Student generates good ideas and

responds well to others' views.

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Understanding of the material

Student does not understand the material at all.

Student has a vague understanding of the

material.

Student has an average

understanding of the material.

Student has an excellent

understanding of the material.

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BehaviorStudent does not respect the views of others and makes

inappropriate remarks.

Student has inappropriate body

language in response to peer remarks

Student has satisfactory reactions

to other students

Student responds exceptionally to other

students.____

PreparationStudent has completed no

preparation.Student is somewhat

prepared.Student is prepared.

Student is over prepared.

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Oration/ projectionStudent’s words are unclear/ inaudible.

Student does not make coherent sentences.

Student's speech is average.

Student is very well spoken and

communicates ideas clearly.

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        Total----> ____

Brainstorm Five Minutes!

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Create your Stickman 20 minutes

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