right to vote began in America as a legal privilege almost exclusively available to white, property-owning, Protestant men. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment passed, giving women the right to vote in both state and federal elections. In 1965, The Voting Rights Act is signed into law, prohibiting any election practice from denying the right to vote to citizens on the basis of race. And in 1971, the age to vote was lowered to eighteen years old (Classical Homeschooling). Furthermore, Americans struggled…
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