For decades, only white property holders would have the right to vote in the United States. Moreover, some states even made sure that only Christian men had this vote.
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Even though during the Reconstruction period, after the Civil War, individuals were supposed to be allowed to vote no matter their race, in the following decades many Southern states, by means of poll taxes or literacy tests, would still limit the right to vote of the African American men.
In 1960 voting was still mainly limited to white property holders in the South of the United States. Therefore, starting with 1965 there were repeated protest marches in order to make the nation aware of this injustice towards black people, immigrants and poor individuals.
The 26th amendment introduced a prohibition that made possible that any person 18 years of age and over would be able to vote.
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