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Constitution is ratified
it was ratified in 11 states, first three articles of the constitution are made. -
Religious qualifications dropped
their right to vote is determined by federal and state laws, freed slaves could not vote in three states, during the civil war most white men could not vote even if they owned property, -
Property requirements dropped
most all adult males could vote, property tax requirements got taken away -
15th Amendment
it states that you cannot deny a citizens right to vote based on their race or color or gender -
19th Amendment
otherwise known as Seneca falls convention, Lucretia Coffin Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton talked about different forms of discrimination of women and suffrage and wanted equal rights -
23rd Amendment
let citizens in the District of Colombia to vote for the president and VP -
24th Amendment
wont let both Congress and the states from deciding the right to vote in federal elections on payments of a poll and other taxes -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
is the beginning of national legislation in the United States that wont let them discriminate while voting and they had been in
charge of stopping of African Americans vote in the U.S -
26th Amendment
determined the age of 18 as the legal voting age