Voting Rights in the United States

By coryparadise

  • Constitution is Ratified

    Only white male adult property-ownershave the right to vote

  • Religious Qualifications Dropped

    The last of the religious prerequisites for voting were eliminated

  • PropertyRequirments Dropped

    Property ownership ad tax requirments abolished. This allowed almost all white males to vote.

  • 15th Amendment is Passed

    This gave former slaver the right to vote and it also protected the right to vote for any male citizen of any race.

  • 19th Amendment

    This gave women the right to vote for the first time, ending women's suffrage

  • 23rd Amendment

    This allowed for people residing in the District of Columbia (Washington DC) to participate in presidential elections.

  • 24th Amenment

    Banned the poll tax as a requirment for voting in federal elections

  • Voiting Rights Act of 1965

    This protected the rights of minority voters and eliminated voting barriers such as the literacy test.

  • 26th Amendment

    This set the minimum age requirment to vote to 18