15th Amendment: This amendment prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude. This amplified the democratic system allowing all African Americans and ex-slaves to vote, liberty that was denied to them.
17th Amendment: This amendment was passed during the Progressive Era and established the direct election of US Senators by popular vote. Now the population can choose their Senators directly.
19th Amendment: The 19th Amendment was a victory of the women’s rights movement, since it prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on gender.
24th Amendment: The 24th Amendment prohibited the limitation of voting rights due to non-payment of poll tax or any other tax. Since the right to vote is a right linked to freedom and citizenship.
26th Amendment: Prohibited the denial of right to vote to any US citizen based on age. Every citizen has the right to vote when they reach 18 years old.
Anti-immigrant sentiment has also come from perceived competition over jobs. In the late 1800s, nativists believed that Chinese immigrants were undercutting U.S.-born workers, leading to violence and exclusionary legislation.
