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The right to vote was extended to white male propery owners.
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The 15th Amendment is passed.It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens of any race. However for nearly a century, African Americans were systematically prevented from voting.
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The 19th Amendment prohibited the denial of the right to vote because of gender.
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The Voting Rights Act protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test. The Act is expanded and renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982.
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The 26th Amendment provided that no State can set the minimum age for voting at more than 18 years of age.
