Voting Rights in the United States

By wes.spires

  • Constitution is Ratfied

    No longer required to own property in order to vote
  • Period: to

    US Voting Rights

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    No longer required to be religious in order to vote

  • Property requirements dropped

    To vote, no longer required to own property

  • 15th Amendment

    Gave slaves the right to vote

  • 19th Amendment

    Gave women the right to vote

  • 23rd Amendment

    Allow voters in District of Colombia the right to vote in Presidental elections

  • 24th Amendment

    Bans poll tax

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Removed barriers like the Literacy Test on minorities

  • 26th Amendment

    Set voting age to 18 years of age