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Since there is no agreement on a national standard for voting rights, states are given the power to regulate their own voting laws
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Then one by one, States began to eliminate property ownership and tax payment qualifications. By mid-century almost all white adult males could vote in every state
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Wyoming, while still a territory, gave women the right to vote in 1869.
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Ratified in 1870, this amendment was intended to protect any citizen from being denied the right to vote because of color or race.
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The Supreme Court rules that Native Americans are not citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment and cannot vote
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The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 and gave all women the right to vote
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The Indian Citizenship Act grants citizenship to Native Americans, but many states nonetheless make laws and policies which prohibit Native Americans from voting.
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Added the voters of the District of Columbia to the presidential electorate
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Racial equality finally became fact in polling booths throughout the country
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Intends to increase the number of eligible
citizens who register to vote by making registration available at the Department of Motor Vehicles, and public assistance and disabilities agencies.
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