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The persistent violence against Blacks and voting sent a message to the Republican Party. They passed the 15th amendment to the US Constitution barring race as a test for voting. The amendment said nothing about a state's right to determine requirements for voting other than race. This was a loophole that southern states would exploit for many decades to limit Black voting.
most men thought that only men should have the right to vote (apex)
No. They had been given the right ( men only), but Jim Crow laws prevented voting. To be able to vote they would have to pay a poll tax, pass a reading test, and cite passages of the constitution . It won't be until 1964 and the voting rights act that African Americans were able to vote.
The voting age in 1960 was 21. Men and women and all people of color were allowed to vote if over that age.
only the protestants or a particular church.