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This was significant because now Americans were able to think of themselves as a nation, it set up all the necessities of government, and it established the principles of how the government was to work.
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It no longer mattered what religion or a belief a person had, it was not considered a qualification for if someone can vote or not.
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Owning property was no longer a requirement and did not determine if white males were alble to vote.
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The 15th amendment grants former slaves the right to vote.
States "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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Permits the District of Columbia to choose Electors for President and Vice President.
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It prohibits the federal government or the states from making voters pay a poll tax before they can vote in a national election.
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It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people. It authorized the enrollment of voters by federal registrars in states where fewer than fifty percent of the eligible voters were registered or voted.
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This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
