AS AM 156 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Grandfather Clause

• School: UCSB
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: AS AM 156
• Professor: John Park

Document Summary

Disenfranchisement (deprived of a right) by race. Black majority in mississippi, sc, arkansas, georgia, nc, alabama, and. Kkk 1870 attack blacks and the federal soldiers who help them. 5 states, including ca, didn"t ratify 15th amendment until post-wwii. Ca sold about 60 people back into slavery before this amendment. Federalism: relationship between federal, state, and local gov. Whites didn"t want black voters because they said they couldn"t read. Whites say but we don"t wanna get taxed for that. Electoral college made to help smaller states, but applies to. Southern states because they had less white folks 3 / 5. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements. (cid:553) randfather clause(cid:554) whites whose fathers could vote prior to the civil war. All-white primary, (cid:553)white scourge(cid:554) white politicians don"t have to worry about black voters. Smith v. allright (1999): all-white primaries are unconstitutional. Civil rights act of 1965: geographic racism, white flight. Mobile v. boilden (1980) test constitutionality of (cid:824)at-large(cid:825) schemes, voting arrangements.