Voting rights

By gavin7777

  • White males voting rights

    White males voting rights
    only white males owning property were able to vote

  • State qualifications

    State qualifications
    States began to eliminate property ownership and tax qualifications. Almost all white males could vote in every state.

  • Wyoming women can vote

    Wyoming women can vote
    Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote. 19th amendment later made this right constitutional.

  • Discrimination

    Discrimination
    Protected any citizen the right to vote because of any race or color.

  • White Primary's

    White Primary's
    Supreme Court outlawed white primary's in the Smith vs. Allwright case

  • 23rd amendment

    23rd amendment
    The 23rd amendment added voters of the district of Columbia to the presidential electorate.

  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment
    The 24th amendment eliminated poll taxes and any other taxes as a condition for voting in any federal election.

  • Literacy test

    Literacy test
    A law was created that suspended the use of any literacy test in any state or county where electorate had voted or been registered in the 1964 election.

  • Voting age

    Voting age
    Voting age was changed to 18 years old.