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6. Colonial suffrage. (McKinley, The Suffrage Franchise in the Thirteen English Colonies in America; Cleveland, Organized Democracy, chapter x.)
7. Dorr's Rebellion. (Consult any standard text on American history or an encyclopedia.)
8. Suffrage and the frontier. (Seymour, How the World Votes, vol. i, chapter xi.)
9. Property and tax-paying qualifications in the nineteenth century. (Porter, A History of Suffrage in the United States, chapters ii- iv.)
10. Woman suffrage in the nineteenth century. (Consult Porter, Seymour, or the Cyclopedia of American Government. [Footnote: Throughout the remainder of this text the student will find it to his advantage to make frequent use of the Cyclopedia of American Government, edited, in three volumes, by A. C. McLaughlin and A. B. Hart. N.Y. 1914. Appleton and Company. This cyclopedia will furnish considerable material for students seeking either general information on political subjects, or special information for topic work. ])
11. History of the Nineteenth Amendment. (Consult American Yearbooks, and also newspaper files for August, 1920.)
12. Effect of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments upon the suffrage. (Kaye, Readings in Civil Government, pages 113-116.)
13. Negro suffrage. (Consult an encyclopedia, or any standard work on American government.)
14. Types of individuals who are excluded from the suffrage. (Cleveland, Organized Democracy, chapter xii.)
15. Duties of the American voter. (Forman, The American Democracy, pages 14-15.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
16. To what extent is the doctrine of natural rights still influential in American political discussions?
17. Do you favor an amendment to the Federal Constitution, providing that no state may extend the suffrage to persons who are not citizens of the United States?
18. How long should a potential voter be required to live in a state before being allowed to exercise the ballot?
19. To what extent does the educational test show the fitness of the individual to make the right use of his vote?
20. Should all convicted criminals be denied the vote during the remainder of their lives?
21. Just what constitutes fitness for the suffrage?