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Evolution of voting rights through American history
The text traces voting rights from early property and wealth limits to expansion through amendments and acts. It notes 15th Amendment Black male suffrage 1870, 24th and 26th Amendments, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It mentions Wyoming first granting women statewide votes in 1869 and 1920 federal suffrage, plus 1972 lowering voting age to 18 and cultural cues about voter participation.
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New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
South
Wyoming Territory
Wyoming
MTV