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The Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments: Dismantling Electoral Barriers
Analyze how the abolition of poll taxes (24th Amendment) and lowering the voting age to 18 (26th Amendment) empowered marginalized and youth voters.
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Constitutional Amendments and the Expansion of Rights
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Analyze how constitutional amendments have restructured power, protected civil liberties, expanded suffrage, and transformed American national order.
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Learning standards covered
HS.1Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the impact of constitutional amendments on groups, individuals, institutions, national order.
HS.9Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine and evaluate documents related to the Constitution and Supreme Court decisions (such as Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers, Anti-Federalist Papers, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Constitutional amendments).
HS.10Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain the roles and responsibilities of active members of a democracy and the role of individuals, social movements, and governments in various current events.