CONTENT STATEMENT
Constitutional amendments have provided for civil rights such as suffrage for disenfranchised groups.
Content elaboration
Some amendments prohibited the denial of voting rights based on the following:
race, color, or previous condition of servitude;
age (18-20-year olds); and
gender.
Poll taxes also limited voting rights for poor people although they were originally designed to keep African Americans from voting.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Explain how amendments have extended voting rights to disenfranchised groups.