enfranchisement
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When I first started reading about Guam, I imagined the solution was enfranchisement, voting rights, equal opportunity under the law, statehood: more so-called American ideals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
“We still started a conversation about teen enfranchisement, and I think that’s really valuable regardless of outcome,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
But Francis also noted that the school system was “promoted by the governmental authorities at the time” as part of a policy of assimilation and enfranchisement, in which “local Catholic institutions had a part.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
When you talk with people about full enfranchisement for Black Americans that conversation usually starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2022
I was nine years ago honored with the choice of Congress, to command an army into Canada, and never have I ceased to enjoy the prospect of its enfranchisement.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing enfranchisement
Novel Study: Julius Caesar, Act 3
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Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 2
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