Voting Rights In The United States

By jacob k

  • Constitution is ratified

    All white landowning males are able to vote.

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Remaining religious prerequisite removed.

  • Property recquirements dropped

    Land ownership and tax requirements dropped, almost all white males are able to vote.

  • 15th Amendment

    Gives former slaves right to vote and protects voting priveleges of men of any race.

  • 19th Amendment

    Women's Suffrage is enacted.

  • 23rd Amendment

    Allowed voters of the Disrtict Of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    Bans the poll tax recquirement to participae in federal elections.

  • Voting Act of 1965

    Protects voting rights of minority groups, removes voting barrirs such as the literacy test.

  • 26th Amendment

    Sets minimum voting age to 18