Olivia DavisonExpansion of SuffrageUnit 7The Right to VoteFrom the initial point of time in which suffrage came about, it was only directed towards white, male, landowners which were also known as freeholders. The right to vote was exclusive, but yet soon became expansive when it became more and more desirable for those who did not have the right. It was quite the process to create the expansion and especially convince the federal government to dictate who was worthy to make up the electorate. It was to be known that electorate consisted of only a narrow like-minded group of people, that elections were skewed in one direction from the wealthy, white, landowners voting.Since the property requirements prevented a significant amount of people(underclass people specifically) to vote after the revolution, there was obviously limited diversity in the voting polls. Soon however, the property requirements were no longer favorable and were dropped. 1789 was the first presidential election by unanimous voters, but were again, mostly the white, male landowners. Almost 100 years later, the fourteenth amendment states that any eligible male 21 years of age has the right to vote. This soon led to the fifteenth amendment that declares; “the right to vote cannot be denied on account of race, color, or precious condition of servitude.” This was the expansion of suffrage directed towards male slaves. In 1920, women’s suffrage was provided by the nineteenth amendment(cannot be denied on account of sex.) Many other events happened that soon granted Native Americans the right to vote, 3 electoral voted given to DC, andeven declaring that stated are not apt to requiring citizens pay a poll tax to be able to vote in the federal elections. Finally, the twenty-sixth amendment reduces the age to 18 to give all eligible Americans the right to vote. As we can tell, suffrage has changed tremendously over time. The right to vote has changed it’s entire participants with an extremely diverse group of people of different ages, sexes, and