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Between 1820-1840, property qualifications for voting and holding office were repealed, and direct methods of voting replaced indirect methods. Overall, this greatly increased voting participation, but still, only for white men.
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Black men are granted suffrage, thus protecting their right to vote.
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Women win the right to vote, protecting their suffrage on a federal level.
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This act granted citizenship to Native Americans born in the United States, thus, giving them the right to vote. Even so, the states could still deny them this right.
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Japanese Americans born in the U.S. are granted citizenship, ending legal disenfranchisement.
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Residents of the District of Columbia are given the right to vote in presidential elections.
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This amendment declares poll taxes in presidential and congressional elections unconstitutional. This removes the barrier to voting faced by lower-income voters.
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This act declared that limiting minority group voting rights is unconstitutional, including administering literacy tests. This protects minorities from disenfranchisement on a federal level.
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Eighteen-year-olds are given the right to vote. This protects and encourages voting for young adults.
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Literacy tests are, once again, declared unconstitutional, and Texas's voting district lines are deemed unconstitutional for minimizing minority voting power.
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This act requires that each State and local government assure that all polling places for Federal elections are accessible for the disabled and the elderly.