Mrs. Atkinson Amendments
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- 26th Amendment
- 1971 lowered voting age from 21 to 18 in all elections
- Extending Voting Rights Colonial TImes
- White men owning property
- 15th amendment
- 1870 stated that no 1 could be denied suffrage b/c of race or color
- Abolished
- to get rid of
- Changes in voting 1870-1971
- 6 constitutional amendment extended suffrage-( the right to vote)
- Who did state and local laws prevent from voting
- 1. Women, 2. African Americans, Poor ppl.
- 14th Amendment
- Gave all citizens equal protection under the law
- 23rd Amendment
- 1961 gave citizens in Washington D.C the right to vote for president or vice president
- 14th Amendment
- No state can take away a person life, liberty, or property without due process of law
- Civil rights
- guaranteed to all U.S citizens
- 14th Amendment
- 1868 full citizenships to american african
- 17th Amendment
- direct election of senators ( previously chosen by state legislators)
- 13th Amendment
- 1865 abolished slavery
- 19th Amendment
- 1920 have women the right to vote
- 24th Amendment (poll tax)
- Money paid in order to register to vote ( banned poll tax as requirement for voting in national election