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The Minor vs Happerset ruling was based on an interpretation of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court readily accepted that Minor was a citizen of the United States, but it held that the constitutionally protected privileges of citizenship did not include the right to vote.

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State statutes that prevented women from voting were declared constitutional in the case of?

minor v. happersett


Who in the US has the right to vote?

There is no constitutional "right" to vote. You cannot be prevented from voting due to race or gender, but constitutionally speaking there is no explicit "right" to vote.


What prevented women from voting?

Men. Specifically, men that created laws that spelled out who could vote.


What amendment says no one may be kept from voting because of non payment taxes?

The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be prevented from voting because of not paying a tax. A poll tax was one way that poor minorities were prevented from voting.


What kind of tax prevented many blacks from voting?

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What amendment says no one may be kept from voting because of non-payment of a tax?

The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be prevented from voting because of not paying a tax. A poll tax was one way that poor minorities were prevented from voting.


What rights outlawed barriers that prevented blacks from casting ballots?

The Voting Rights Act, signed in 1965, overcame the barriers that prevented blacks from voting. The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution denied federal and state governments from preventing citizens from voting but did not go far enough.


What type of law does voting age fall under?

Constitutional law. The 26th Amendment sets minimum voting age at 18.


What public place do you not have a constitutional right to hand out political information?

voting polls


How was a state penalized when freed slaves were prevented from voting?

they lost seats in congress, from luis ocs


What prevented the millions of African Americans from voting in the south?

White people


When did African American gain true voting rights in America?

The 15th amendment in 1870 gave then voting rights, although poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause(says u can't vote if your grandfather was a slave) prevented most blacks in the south from voting for many years after.