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Voting

Voting Rights

By addiesitzman

  • Land-owning Males

    During this time only males that owned land had the right to vote.

  • All White Men

    All white men were granted the right to vote.

  • 15th Amendment

    The 15th amendment makes it so you can not be denied the right to vote based on race.

  • Wyoming

    Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote.

  • Women Vote

    The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote, unfortunately not all Native Americans and Asian women were citizens.

  • Voting Rights Act

    In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed by congress, now all barriers for some were gone and they can not vote.

  • Voting Age Lowered

    The voting age was lowered to 18 from 21.