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The right to vote was not established by just one person. Three people played a role in the right of all United States Citizens to vote, in 1882 Thomas Dorr was a renegade legislature from Rhode Island who led riots for his beliefs. In 1917, Alice Paul spent time in jail for demanding the right for women to vote, and in 1961, Paul Moses used the Civil Rights Movement to give all citizens the right to vote.
Actually the right to vote is an amendment, so that means the right to vote or sufferage was add to the Constitution through the amendment process, which includes 3/4 of the states radifying it.
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Amendment that gave us the right to vote without paying taxes?
The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution
Made freedmen US citizens and granted them the right to vote?
The 14th Amendment granted freedmen US citizenship, and the 15th Amendment granted them the right to vote, also known as suffrage. They are 2 of the 3 amendments known collectively as the Reconstruction Amendments.
Did women have the right to vote under the original US Constitution?
No, it wasn't until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 that women were granted suffrage.
When did African Americans gain the right to vote in the US?
While some free black men could vote in some of the northern states before the US Civil War, the right to vote was guaranteed to all black males with the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution in 1870. Black women gained the vote with white women. A few western states granted women the vote in the late 19th century, but most women in the US gained the vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920
How did the petition of right influence the US Constitution?
It limited the power of the government and gave citizens rights
Who gave the gay right to vote?
The signers of the US constitution, in 1787.
What was the significance of the nineteenth amendment to the us constitution?
it gave women the right to vote.
Amendment that gave us the right to vote without paying taxes?
The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution
How did ordinary people get the right to vote?
A charter gave them the right to it us like the U.S Constitution's Bill of Rights
What is the significance of the nineteenth amendment to the us constitution?
It was important because it gave every citizen, regardless of sex, the right to vote.
Why do you have the right to vote?
The US constitution.
What is the 19th amendment to the us constitution?
The 19th Amendment established laws that prohibits denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's gender. Therefore, women could vote after the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Where in the constitution amendment does it mention women?
The 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitutions guarantees that all women shall have the right to vote. All men and women shall be created equal.
What were the 19th Amendment and the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution both designed to do?
Expand the right to vote. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote; the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
How many years passed before an amendment gave women the right to vote?
Woman gained the right to vote with the 19th amendment to the US constitution in 1920. The country was formed in 1776 so you do the math
What admendments gave men right to vote?
The 15th and 26th amendments of the US Constitution expanded the electorate to include men who did not previously have the franchise.
What did the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution do?
in 1920 gave women the right to vote
