History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0013 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Representation and the Male Vote
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The idea
The Fourteenth Amendment ended the three-fifths compromise, counting the whole number of persons in each state for representation in the House.
In practice
A state's House seats cut if it denied the vote to male inhabitants aged twenty-one and over.
Where people slip
Section two protects only male voters. Readmission of each southern state would depend on ratifying the whole amendment.
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