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Property Requirements
The Property requirements were initially created to keep the poor from being able to vote. They believed that people with low economic status shouldn't be able to vote. Ironically after they were abolished, the economic status of people disappeared. (https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/voting-rights-timeline/) -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment is that you can not deny someone their right to vote based on their race. Even though they were granted the right to vote it was still very rare in some areas like the south. It was rare to see their vote in the south because of violence, threats, unethical practices, and the poll tax.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/15th-amendment-united-states-constitution/ -
19th amendment
The 19th Amendment is that any sex or gender is givin the right to vote. This finally allowed women the right to vote which they have been fighting for a while. The first women rights convention and most famous was in Seneca Falls, NY to fight for their voting rights.
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/womenshistory/19th-amendment.htm#:~:text=Signed%20into%20law%20on%20August,fought%20for%20women's%20suffrage%20rights. -
Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act was that the government grants citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country. Before the civil war, it was rare for native Americans to be granted citizenship. -
McCarran-Walter Act
The McCarran-Walter Act was also known as the immigration and nationality act. It was made to be able to govern immigration to and citizenship into the united states. (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/immigration-act) -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment eliminated poll taxes when voting. The poll taxes were placed in the south to make it harder for African American to vote since not many of them had a lot of money. During the time there were only 5 states which supported poll taxes which were Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas. -
Reynolds v. Sims
The Reynolds v. Sims was a big court case that violated the 14th amendment. Which after was known as equal protection requires that state legislative districts should be comprised of roughly equal populations if possible. (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/23) -
26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18 years old. They decided to lower the voting age because of the Vietnam war. During the time Rosevelt lowered the legal draft age to 18 even though the legal voting age is still 21 which sparked anger in the people, started the saying "Old enough to fight, Old enough to Vote." -
Motor Voter Laws
The motor voter law was originally placed to help make voting more simple and fast for the people. The law required states to allow citizens to sign up to vote on their divers licenses. (https://www.justice.gov/crt/national-voter-registration-act-1993-nvra) -
Help America Vote Act
The Help America Vote Act was passed by congress in 2002. It was made to help make sweeping reforms to the nation's voting process. (https://www.eac.gov/about_the_eac/help_america_vote_act.aspx)