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American voting requirements at the beginning of our country (17th-18th centuries)(Andraya)

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American voting requirements at the beginning of our country (17th-18th centuries)(Andraya)

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The U.S. Constitution originally left it up to the states to determine what voting requirements would be. Generally states made it to where only white male property owners could vote. Some states also made religious tests to determine if the voter was christian. If they weren't christian they were not allowed to vote. Women and African American men and women were affected by this legislation because it made it to where they were not allowed to vote.

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The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. It said that the right to vote should not be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. When the 15th Amendment was first introduced it was not very enforced. It did not fully pick up until about a century later. States used things like literacy tests to keep African Americans from voting. Action was taken to make this change because it was unfair to only let white males vote and no one else. Male African Americans were affected by this amendment because it led to the ability for them to vote.

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This made the senators elected by the people instead of by state legislators. This makes the people more in control of the governement than they previously were. This was meant to free the senate from corrupt state legislators.

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The 19th Amendment made it possible for any gender to vote. This made it possible for women to finally go to the polls and vote.

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On June 2nd, 1924 this act was passed that allowed Native Americans born in the U.S the right to vote as well as the ability to become citizens. State Law however regulated this and so some states banned Native American from voting until 1957.

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This amendment was passed on June 16th, 1960. Its purpose was to allow for citizens in the district of Columbia to vote for Presidential Electors. Those electors turn in votes for the president and vice president. Before the amendment was passed the citizens in that district could not vote for the offices unless they were registered to vote in another state.

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The 24th Amendment was made when states made black men pay fees to vote, though white men did not have to pay these fees. In 1964 though it was made illegal to pay poll taxes

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This act outlawed any voting practices that were discriminatory. These practices could have been poll taxes or literacy tests. It was intended to enforce the 15th amendment. It was also passed 95 years after the 15th amendment was ratified.

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Lowered the voting age from twenty one to eighteen. This was and effect of the Vietnam war where people stated that people old enough to be drafted to war should be given the right to vote.

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Add a final voting law/amendment that ​YOU​ think should be created! (Cassidy)

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Add a final voting law/amendment that ​YOU​ think should be created! (Cassidy)

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Your Mom Law: One's mother can vote on their child's behalf during elections