Voting Rights in the United States

By JLiskkk

  • Constitution is Ratified

    All white, landowning males could vote

  • 1810 - Religious qualifications dropped

    The last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated

  • 1850 - Property requirements dropped

    No longer did you have to be a white male to own land

  • 1867 - 15th Amendment

    Gives slaves the right to vote and protects the rights of all adult males to vote.

  • 1920 - 19th Amendment

    This amendment guarantees woman's right to vote

  • 1961- 23rd Amendment

    Allows residents from District of Columbia the right to vote.

  • 1964- 24th Amendment

    This bans the poll tax.

  • 1965 - Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voters registration drive to draw attention to africanamerican voting rights.

  • 1971- 26th Amendment

    Makes the minimum age for voting 18