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Mallory's Part For the Documentary: 12, 14, and 19

Election of the President(Election Procedures)- 12 Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law- 14 Women's Suffrage- 19

CIVIL WAR ADMENDMENT 14-

The fourteenth amendment was passed in 1868 and helped to protect the rights of the freed slaves. It stated that everyone who was born in the United States, //including// African-Americans, has the same rights as all other Americans. It also prohibited any state from making or enforcing laws that took away or violated a citizens civil rights; but even after the Fourteenth Amendment passed, many African-Americans still didn’t have all the rights Whites had, like voting. Many Africans didn't get the chance to vote because the people didn't want them to have that kind of power. Voting provided power to change things. These Whites said that Blacks weren’t smart enough to vote and would make the wrong decision. They purposely didn't tell them when to vote or where.

The twelveth Amendment required Presidents and Vice Presidents to be voted for together, rather than the winner of the election becoming president and the second place winner becoming vice president. this amendment was added because in 1796 and 1800 there was a tie, and they had to re vote for president multiple times. it was passed by congress in 1804 and had been in affect ever since.

The nineteenth amendment prohibited any state and the federal government to deny a citizen the right to vote because of their sex, which menat that women finally had the right to vote. It was ratified August 18, 1920. This amendment was voted on twice, and passed all three houses by a narrow margin. After 36 states ratified it, Tennesse being the 36th, it was added to the U.S constition.