Voting Right in the United States

By eddie_alvarez10

  • The Constitution is Ratified

    white men who own property could only vote

  • Religious Qualifications Dropped

    Religion was no longer a factor of whether or not you could or could not vote

  • Property Requirements Dropped

    Now almost all men can vote because the property requirement has been eliminated

  • 15th Amendment

    This Amendment now gave former slaves and citizens of any race the right to vote

  • 19th Amendment

    This year women gained the right to vote

  • 23rd Amendment

    District of Columbia can now participate in presidential elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    this banned poll tax on all Federal elections

  • Voting Rights Acts of 1965

    this protected rights of minority voters and eliminated voting obsticlas like the literacy test.

  • 26th Amendment

    Now anyone 18 and older can vote