Voting Rights in the United States

  • Constitution is ratified

    Constitution is ratified

    As a result of the constitutions being ratified white males that own property have the right to vote
  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Religious qualifications dropped

    Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated
  • Property requirements dropped

    Property requirements dropped

    Eliminated tax by property ownershipeliminated and made it so that almost all adult white males could vote.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    The 15th Amendment made it so that black people could vote could vote.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment said that women could vote in all elections.
  • 23rd Amendment

    23rd Amendment

    The 23rd amendment gave residents of Washington DC the right to vote for representatives.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    The 24th amendment prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an act made to enforce the fifteenth amendment. Which gave African American men the right to vote.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. It allowed younger people to vote.