1. white male property owners- The Constitution 1789
2. nearly all white male adults- Dropped religious & property qualifications 1850.
3. all men over 21 including blacks- 15th amendment 1870
4. all men and women over 21- 19th amendment 1920
5. all black men and women- Civil Rights Movement 1960s
6. all men and women over 18- 26th amendment 1971
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