Throughout the years citizens of America have been deprived of their right to vote based on their ethnicity, religion status, and their gender. White males that owned property were the only ones who were allowed to vote. It caused a lot of problems within the government and the communities. Many alterations have been made since then, expanding their regulations to everyone disregarding race, color, or previous term of bondage or servitude. Later on down the line they made it feasible for women to be able to vote also. The government always seem to find a way to go around the law, which is what happened after 1790 when the 15th amendment was passed stating that people weren't able to discriminate no matter the previous conditions, race, or
