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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?