-
Constitution is ratified
This was significant because now Americans were able to think of themselves as a nation, it set up all the necessities of government, and it established the principles of how the government was to work. -
Religious qualifications dropped
It no longer mattered what religion or a belief a person had, it was not considered a qualification for if someone can vote or not. -
Property requirements dropped
Owning property was no longer a requirement and did not determine if white males were alble to vote. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment grants former slaves the right to vote.
States "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
19th Amendment
Guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
23rd Amendment
Permits the District of Columbia to choose Electors for President and Vice President. -
24th Amendment
It prohibits the federal government or the states from making voters pay a poll tax before they can vote in a national election. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people. It authorized the enrollment of voters by federal registrars in states where fewer than fifty percent of the eligible voters were registered or voted. -
26th Amendment
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
