Voting Rights In the United States

By Zane Morgan

  • 1789-constitution is ratified

    Only males that were white in the United States could vote

  • 1810-religious qualifications dropped

    the last religious prerequisite for voting was taken away

  • 1850-property requirements dropped

    the property ownership and tax requirements were also taken away

  • 1867-15th amendment

    gave former slaves the right to vote in the United States and protected everybody's voting rights who was capable of voting

  • 1920-19th amendment

    guarenteed woman's suffrage

  • 1961-23rd amendment

    voters in the district of columbia were now capable of participating in presidential elections

  • 1964-24th amendment

    banned the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections

  • 1965-voting rights act of 1965

    voter registration drive in Selma by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • 1971-26th amendment

    this amendment set the minimum voting age at 18