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Six new
Six new western states gave the vote to all adult white males -
Only men
Only men with property were allowed to vote -
How Women gained the right to vote?
A convention was held Seneca Falls, New York that launced a national movement by women -
African american
Only six of the thirty-four states allowed freedmen to vote. -
U.S. Supreme court
The U.S supreme court said that grandfather clauses were unconstitutional. some states,continued to use the literacy tests and poll taxes untill the 1960's -
more and more people
more and more people began to demand that the federal government protect the right of african americans to vote -
Twenty fourth amendment
the right to vote in national elections -
Voting rights act
the law protected the right to vote for all citizens