Voting Rights in the United States

By RebeccaW13

  • Constitution is Ratified

    Thinking about the idea to have only adult men that own farm, have the right to vote. Ratified in 1790

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated.

  • Property requirements dropped

    Property ownership and tax requirements eliminated by 1850.
    Almost all adult white males could vote but not females

  • 15th Amendment

    Prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race or color

  • 19th Amendment

    Womens sufferage comes into play.

  • 23rd Amendment

    Citizens in Washington D.C. are allowed to participate in voting.

  • 24th Amendment

    No more poll tax as a requirement for voting during federal elections.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Controversy over African-Americans to vote

  • 26th Amendment

    Eighteen year olds can vote now. No younger.