<P> The United States Constitution did not originally define who was eligible to vote, allowing each state to determine who was eligible . In the early history of the U.S., most states allowed only white male adult property owners to vote . Freed slaves could vote in four states . Men without property and women were largely prohibited from voting . Women could vote in New Jersey until 1807 (provided they could meet the property requirement) and in some local jurisdictions in other northern states . Non-white Americans could also vote in these jurisdictions, provided they could meet the property requirement . By 1856, white men were allowed to vote in all states regardless of property ownership, although requirements for paying tax remained in five states . On the other hand several states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey stripped the free black males of the right to vote in the same period . </P> <P> Four of the fifteen post-Civil War constitutional amendments were ratified to extend voting rights to different groups of citizens . These extensions state that voting rights cannot be denied or abridged based on the following: </P> <Ul> <Li> "Race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (15th Amendment, 1870) </Li> <Li> "On account of sex" (19th Amendment, 1920) </Li> <Li> "By reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax" for federal elections (24th Amendment, 1964) </Li> <Li> "Who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age" (26th Amendment, 1971) </Li> </Ul> <Li> "Race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (15th Amendment, 1870) </Li>

When did different groups get the right to vote
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