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Removal of property requirement was a requirement that no longer required white men to own property to vote but required African Americans to own $250 in property to vote. Which was a lot of money and to hold this against a group of people who already struggled from so many setbacks it was even harder. This was a large setback for African Americans and was just one of the many things that the Nation did to ensure they would not be able to vote.
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The 15th Amendment prevented states from banning people from voting based on race or ethnicity. The southern states would tend to find loopholes to stop people from voting anyway. They would deliberately make it more difficult for African Americans to vote so that it was near impossible. The problem is that since they were not technically making it about race they were allowed to do it for a long time.
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The 19th Amendment prevented states from banning people the right to vote based on sex. This allowed women in the United States to start voting after years of fighting for the right to vote. Female activists actually fought for the 15th amendment earlier on because they thought that if African Americans were given the right to vote there was no way they wouldn't be given the right to vote. So they were fighting for the right thing but for the wrong reason.
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Alice Paul was one of if not the most prominent figures during the Women's rights movement. She would endlessly fight and protest for feminism and the rights of Women in the United States. She along with many other people eventually got voting rights for women passed in 1920.
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The Indian Citizen Act granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. Although it granted citizenship to all Native Americans there were still voting restrictions on Native Americans. They also still lost around 138 million acres of land that were previously owned by indigenous people.
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The 24th Amendment bans states from putting a tax on voters during federal elections. This ban allowed everyone to vote no matter what their financial situation looked like. This amendment actually helped give African Americans the right to vote. Since they had been set back for so long the lift on a voters tax helped remove one of the many things Southern States were imposing to prevent them from voting in elections.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices in the U.S. This act banned states from doing things such as literacy tests. It was put into place by President Jhonson after the attack on peaceful protesters in Selma by State troopers was broadcast live to the nation.
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The 26th Amendment allowed anyone over the age of 18 to vote. The Vietnam War had the largest impact on this amendment because of the age of draft eligibility. The Vietnam War made people mad that these 18-year-olds who were being sent to war couldn't even vote for the people who were sending them there.
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Jennings Randolph was known for being an American Politician in West Virginia. He also served in the House of Representatives for 14 years and serving in the Senate for 27 years. Jennings was a big influence on the changing of the voter's age from 21 to 18 and helped a lot with getting it passed during the Vietnam War.
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The Americans with disabilities act was passed by George H.W. Bush as a way to ensure equal rights amongst Americans with disabilities. It ensures they are treated fairly when it comes to things such as jobs, transportation, and public accommodations. It helped close the gap on discrimination amongst people of certain groups, so there would be no more discrimination against people of disabilities.
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