When the United States was formed, it was done so on a platform that stated, “All men are created equal,” and yet simultaneously not all were treated

In closing, everyone who is able to vote should take advantage of this great right. From the creation of America we have fought for rights that we deemed a necessity, and the right to have a voice was one of those. Today, so few people vote and at the same time whine over their loss of their country.

fairly in determining how the country would be ran. At first you had to be a male, white and almost always a landowner. Women and minorities had to fight hard to win their right to vote. For instance, African-Americans waited a long painful trial to vote. In 1870, the 15th Amendment was added to the Constitution with intent to give black males the right to vote. Almost simultaneously, states enacted laws that made it almost impossible to vote. Such laws included Poll Taxes, Literacy Test and Grandfather Clauses. Although this Amendment was passed in 1870, African-Americans could not freely enjoy this right until the mid 1960’s, almost 100 years later. Many say although the Civil Rights Movement was started with segregation, it ended with The Voting Rights Act of 1965. In short, what should be seen is that for almo

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