Civics in Seconds

Gerrymandering is the drawing of boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage over another political party to dilute the power of certain voting groups.[i]  Moreover, this tactic presents a political question, rather than a Constitutional one and is therefore out of the […]

Civics in Voting From 1861 to 1865, our nation fought a Civil War over the central issue of slavery, that ended in the defeat of the Confederacy.  An estimated 620,000 men died in the line of duty.[i] 1865 to 1877 saw a period of Reconstruction where newly enfranchised Black people […]