After the declaration of independence in 1776, America built its own government system.
The new constitution of 1788 allowed only few Americans to vote.
One year later, in 1789, some states extended voting rights to male taxpayers with an age of at least 21 years. Women and African-Americans were usually not allowed to vote.
In 1870 the admission of the 15th amendment guaranteed African-American males the right to vote.
Despite having the right to vote, many of them were kept from voting due to the poll taxes and the literacy test. Finally the 24th amendment abolished the poll taxes (1964) and the Voting Right Act suspended the literacy test (1965).
Women began to demonstrate for their voting right. In 1920, the 19th amendment allowed native American women to vote.
In the Vietnam War (1960's) younger people became interested in politics. They had to go to war and fight for their country.
The 26th amendment allowed voting rights for 18 years of age or older, to include the younger population.
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I like how you wrote this almost like a time line. It was a good insight as to why the voting age was changed during the Vietnam War.
Very good facts, but the way you stated things didn't flow too well.
Very good posting. You listed everything very well and it was easy to follow. I didn't realize that the 15th amendment actually guarenteed African American males voting rights. Perhaps you could have lengthened it a little and added some pictures. It adds appeal to the posting.
Your post is straightforward and tells the reader exactly what they need to know; nothing more, nothing less. However, a picture or time-line visual would go nicely with your post.
I liked the structure of your post, it was very structural and factual. It could be a little more fluent.
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