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Only white male adults property-owners have the right to vote.
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Last religious prerequiesite for voting is elimated.
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The 15th Amendment is passed. It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting right of adult male citizens of any race.
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Ten other southern states will implement poll taxes.
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The 17th Amendment calls for members of the U.S. Senate to be elected directly by the people instead of State Legislatures.
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The 19th Amendment guarantees women's suffrage.
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24th Amendement bans poll tax as a requirement for voting.
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The Votie Rights Act protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test.
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The Court upholds the Voting Rights Aci in South Carolina vs. Katzenbach
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The 26th Amendment sets the voting age to 18.
