A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties (24 page)

voting districts,
104

voting rights

Fifteenth Amendment,
177
–78,
218

Nineteenth Amendment,
180
–81,
220

Twenty-Fourth Amendment,
185
–86,
223

War of 1812,
138

war powers clause,
118
,
136
–37,
203

Washington, D.C.,
119
–20,
183
–85

Washington, George,
9
,
17
,
18
,
21
,
25
,
62
,
155
,
183
,
192

Webster, Daniel,
63
–64

Webster, Noah,
61

welfare.
See also
“general Welfare” in Preamble

dangers of government dependency,
73
–75

promoting private charity,
75
–78

“well regulated Militia,”
60
–61,
160
–61

“we the People” in Preamble,
27
,
29
–39,
92

exercising power by being vigilant,
31
–32

exercising power by knowing your rights,
30
–31

exercising power by speaking up,
34
–38

exercising power by voting,
33
–34

preserving our power,
38
–39

Williamson, Hugh,
19

women’s suffrage,
180
–
81

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