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History Of Voting Timeline!

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  • White Males

    White Males
    Only white male adults property-owners have the right to vote.

  • Religious

    Religious
    Last religious prerequiesite for voting is elimated.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    The 15th Amendment is passed. It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting right of adult male citizens of any race.

  • Florida adopts a poll tax

    Florida adopts a poll tax
    Ten other southern states will implement poll taxes.

  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment
    The 17th Amendment calls for members of the U.S. Senate to be elected directly by the people instead of State Legislatures.

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    The 19th Amendment guarantees women's suffrage.

  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    24th Amendement bans poll tax as a requirement for voting.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    The Votie Rights Act protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test.

  • South Carolina vs. Katzenbach

    South Carolina vs. Katzenbach
    The Court upholds the Voting Rights Aci in South Carolina vs. Katzenbach

  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment
    The 26th Amendment sets the voting age to 18.