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1776 North Carolina Constitution
This constitution gives the right to vote to all freemen between the ages of 21 or older, lived in the state for a year before election, pay taxes and have to own 50 acres of land six months before the election. This united America back together after the confederates/south lost the civil war. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Description: The Seneca Falls Convention was held in New York City. The first woman's rights convention in the United States and fought for the social, civil and religious rights for women. The declaration of sentiments was drafted for women's rights and suffrage. -
Passage of the 15th Amendment
Description: Section 1 of the 15th Amendment gives every citizen the right to vote. The citizens that are going to vote should not be discriminate for their race, religion, etc. It was mainly passed to confirm that African Americans could vote without being discriminated based on their race, or color. During this time frame it allowed males of all colors, religions, condition to vote. Section 2 gives the Congress power to make this happen. -
Jim Crow Laws
Description: When the African Americans were allowed to vote there were rules such as you could not vote unless your grandfather had voted in 1866, in which most blacks were still slaves. The whites wanted to keep blacks and whites from each other. Whites wanted to separate themselves from the blacks such as having “whites bathroom” and “blacks/colored bathroom”. The whites did not want any parts of the blacks and would be nasty (racist) towards them. -
Passage of the 17th Amendment
In the United States Senate, two Senators will be chosen from each state (100 in total) voted upon by the citizens. The Senators will run for six years, have one vote, and must reach certain requirements to become a Senator. The United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives had equal authority. -
Passage of the 19th Amendment
Description: The 19th Amendment allowed the women within the United States to vote. This gave every sex, male or female, the opportunity to vote without being denied. Congress also had the power to make this happen. -
Indian Citizenship Act
Description: Before the Civil War, Native-Americans was not able to be recognized as a citizen in the US.Citizenship to all Native-Americans born in the United States. President Calvin Coolidge signed the bill that granted the Indians to the US citizenship. -
Passage of the 23rd Amendment
This Amendment gives the people in Washington DC the ability to vote for the electoral college. Washington DC now has three votes towards who will be in the electoral college. -
Passage of the 24th Amendment
Every citizen of America cannot be denied or rejected during the elections. Having poll taxes was a barrier keeping African American people from voting. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to make it a law so African Americans rights to vote can be protected from the government. It also was to go hand and hand with the 15th amendment. -
Passage of the 26th Amendment
Any United States citizen who is 18 or older has the right to vote. Neither the US government nor any State government cannot keep any citizen who meets the age requirement to vote.Congress has the legal authority to uphold this law.
