For the first hundred years of the United States, only white males were able to vote. Since then, amendments to the Constitution have made it so that any citizen aged 18 or older can vote. Which amendments granted different groups the right to vote? Why were amendments needed to expand voting rights?

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Brenton

22 October, 19:38

For the first hundred years of the United States, only white males were able to vote. Since then, amendments to the Constitution have made it so that any citizen aged 18 or older can vote. Which amendments granted different groups the right to vote? Why were amendments needed to expand voting rights?

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Josiah Wright · Answer 1

15th amendment - no voter discrimination of race

19th - women can vote

23rd - gives Washington D. C. the right to vote

then the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

This was because many things change over time and the U. S. thought of more things to be added to the Constitution