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First requirements to vote
In 1789, the right to vote was generally restricted to white male property owners -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870 was intended to protect any citizen from denied the to vote because of race or color -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote -
The Snyder Act of 1924
The Snyder Act of 1924 admitted Native Americans born in the U.S. to full U.S. citizenship. Though the Fifteenth Amendment, passed in 1870, granted all U.S. citizens the right to vote regardless of race, it wasn't until the Snyder Act that Native Americans could enjoy the rights granted by this amendment. -
The Civil Rights Acts of 1957
a federal voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875 -
23rd Amendment
Added the voters of the District of Columbia to the president electorate -
24th Amendment
Eliminated the poll tax (and any other tax) as a condition for voting in any federal election -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally outlawed exclusionary practices that “deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.” -
26th Amendment
It provides that no State can set the minimum age for voting at more than 18 years of age. In other words, those 18 and over were given the right to vote by this amendment