The Missing Right?: The Explicit Right to Vote and the Constitution

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This resource is an Inquiry Pack to accompany the Suffrage Timeline on LegalTimelines.org, which explores the history of voting rights in the United States, from its early influences to constitutional amendments and landmark Supreme Court cases. 

It can be used in conjunction with the interactive timeline or as a stand-alone resource. 

The Inquiry Pack supplies background information and primary source documents to help students answer the Inquiry Question: Should the Constitution be amended to guarantee an explicit right to vote?

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