As America was forming its representative government many decisions had to be made, including who was aloud to vote. In the beginning not many people were aloud to vote. For the most part women, and men under 21 could not vote. So, white men were the majority of the voters.
In 1870 the 15th amendment was passed, giving African Americans the right to vote. However they were often kept from voting by poll taxes, and literacy test, which were later abolished. In 1920 the 19th amendment was made law, giving women the right to vote. Four years later Native Americans were given citizenship, which included the right to vote. In 1971 the 26th amendment was passed, giving citizens eighteen and older the right to vote. The issue of young people getting to vote came up during he Vietnam War. People argued that if at eighteen you could be sent off to fight in the war they should be allowed to vote.
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Your post is a good start; however, it appears to be a bit short. Also, when you were giving an informal summary in your own words, it became too informal. This part. "So, white men were the majority of the voters." Overall, it has some good, but needs more developing.
ReplyDeletegood posting with clear info. in the last two sentences you say, "For the most part women, and men under 21 could not vote. So, white men were the majority of the voters." These sentences are supposed to make sense with each other, but fail to do so. Just because you need to be 21 to vote doesn't mean that only white men were the primary voters. It is true that this was what happened, but your means of saying it could have been revised
ReplyDeleteyou have a good start but i think you need to elaborate on this topic a little more some more information would of made this blog a bit better but a really good start
ReplyDeleteGood job! I think you could have gone a little more in depth though. and you couldve added a picture or other recources to connect to the topic.
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