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1780s. 1789. The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. By 1776, at least 60 percent of adult white males were able to vote, and by 1787 significantly more. [1] A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property.
The First Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ( Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں پہلی ترمیم) is a part of the Constitution of Pakistan which came on effect on May 4 of 1974. The official document of the First Amendment is called the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974. The First Amendment redefined the international and ...
Civil Rights Act of 1960. An Act to enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 ( Pub. L. 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to ...
Mar 13, 2024 · Fifteenth Amendment, amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States that guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”. The amendment complemented and followed in the wake of the passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments, which abolished slavery and ...
Thomas Mundy Peterson. Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, has been claimed to be the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution . His vote was cast on March 31, 1870; the Amendment had been ratified ...
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870. The amendment reads, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude .”. The 15th Amendment guaranteed African American ...
The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 ( bill no. 14 of 2008) was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Ireland that was put to a referendum in 2008 (the first Lisbon referendum ). The purpose of the proposed amendment was to allow the state to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union .
