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woman's suffrage sparks from 15th amendment
Women also fought for the right of African Americans to have votes which was a big factor in the amendment being made. It was when they saw that in the constitution men of all colors could vote and women couldn't is when they started to try to fight for women's suffrage. two prominent figures in the fight for women's suffrage are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
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15th amendment
An amendment was passed by Congress on February 26th, 1869, and ratified on February 3rd, 1870. The 15th Amendment granted African Americans the right to vote.
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Poll taxes
Poll Taxes were set up in the 1890s in southern states to prevent African Americans from voting. The poll tax was a tax that was to be paid in order to vote Most African Americans couldn't pay it because of the lack of jobs for them. AmericanHistory -
Woman's suffrage march
On March 3rd, 1913 thousands of women all gathered together and marched through Washington DC. why did they do it, because they called for a constitutional amendment that would guarantee women the right to vote.
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Woman's Suffrage amendment
On June 4th, 1919 congress passed the 19th Amendment which granted women the right to vote. this was achieved through lots of struggle and fight but after a long decade, women's voices all throughout America were heard, and were now able to vote.
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Indian Citizenship Act
On June 2 1924 congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act
which gave Native Americans born in the US the right to vote. it was however governed until the year 1957.
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spark to lower the voting age
During WWII many people thought that the voting age should be lowered from 21 to 18. They thought this because of the fact that the age to be drafted into the national army was dropped from 21 to 18 it wasn't talked about as much, until the Vietnam War.
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Poll Tax taken down
the 24th Amendment was made on January 23, 1964. The Constitution abolished and forbade state and federal governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.
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fighting for the voting age to be lower
While the topic of lower voting ages came back in World War 2 it didn't truly spark big until the Vietnam War. their main chants during their protests were “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote".
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26th amendment passed
on July 1, 1971, congress passed the law that voting ages were to be lowered from 21 to 18. The many protests from people, with them saying things like old enough to fight old enough to vote would lead to them getting the 26th amendment.
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