Question

How have voting rights been extended to more Americans?

Answer 1

For several decades, voting in most states was limited to white male land owners called tree holders. Gradually, the franchise, or right to vote expanded to include landowners, the African-American men, the women and eventually people as young as 18

Answer 2

The Voting Rights Act was amended several times in the decades that followed, extending its coverage and increasing the government’s authority to determine where federal oversight was needed.