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Depends which country you are talking about. New Zealand gave women voting rights first, followed by Australia and then finally the worst country in the world, the USA. Depends which country you are talking about. New Zealand gave women voting rights first, followed by Australia and then finally the worst country in the world, the USA. Depends which country you are talking about. New Zealand gave women voting rights first, followed by Australia and then finally the worst country in the world, the USA.
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∙ 10y agoIn 1870, the 15th amendment was ratified, prohibiting the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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In 1870 former black male slaves obtained the right to vote but what about blacks who were not slaves prior to that year?
in 1870 black African American slaves was able to vote
When did women get the right to vote in puerto Rico?
Spain gave women the right to vote in the year 1931. This was several years before France and Italy allowed women to vote.
What amendments gave teens the right to vote?
The 26th moved the age limit to vote from 21 to 18 in 1971. I really wouldn't call it "giving teens the right to vote". The main reason it was changed was because 18 year olds were able to fight a war, but not vote.
What year are Freedom Riders attacked in Alabama?
In the year 1963, freedom riders were attacked in Montgomery, Alabama.
When did everyone have the right to vote?
1789: The first presidential election is held, electing George Washington by unanimous vote of the country's "electors," a group of mostly white male landowners.1868: The Fourteenth Amendment declares that any eligible twenty-one year old male has the right to vote.1870: The Fifteenth Amendment says that the right to vote cannot be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," thus extending the right to vote to former (male) slaves.1876: Wyoming becomes a state, and is the first state to give voting rights to women.1884: The U.S. Supreme Court rules "grand- father clauses" unconstitutional.1890: Southern states pass laws designed to limit the voting rights of African Americans. Some of the laws require voters to pay a poll tax or to prove that they can read and write.1920: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that since Native Americans who live on reservations pay no state taxes, they cannot vote.1920: Women gain the vote when the Nineteenth Amendment declares that the right to vote cannot be denied "on account of sex."1947: A court ruling grants Native Americans the right to vote in every state.1961: The Twenty-third Amendment establishes that the citizens of the District of Columbia have the right to vote in presidential elections. D.C. is given 3 electoral votes.1964: The Twenty-fourth Amendment declares that the states cannot require citizens to pay a poll tax in order to vote in federal elections.1965: Voting Rights Act bans literacy tests as a voting requirement and bars all racist voting practices in all states.1971: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowers the voting age to 18 and gives all Americans the right to vote.1975: Additions to the Voting Rights Act require translations of all election materials to be made available for non-English speaking citizens.
In what year was it passed for women to vote?
Women gain the right to vote in 1919.
In what year did the women gain the right to vote?
With the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 they were given the right to vote.
When 18 year old gain the right to vote?
1971
What year did blacks lose the right to vote?
Aboriginals lost the right to vote in 1901 and these rights were not regained until after the Australian citizenship referendum in 1967
What year did women gain the right to vote in Russia?
The year was 1917, not 1971, because of the Russian Revolution
Year that blacks got to vote?
1870
What year and what country did women first gain the right to vote?
women gained the right to vote here, in America in 1920. established in the 19th amendment.
What year did blacks vote legally in the US?
1965
In 1870 former black male slaves obtained the right to vote but what about blacks who were not slaves prior to that year?
in 1870 black African American slaves was able to vote
What was the first year that blacks could do anything?
The 15th Amendment was ratified on <a href="http://www.historybyday.com/february/3rd.html">Feb 3, 1870</a> giving blacks the right to vote.
What year did Martin Luther King Jr standed for the rights for blacks to do what is right?
in what year did Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the rights if blacks
The right for everyone to vote happened in what year?
The right for everyone to vote has never been made law. Anywhere.
