Voting Rights in the United States

By elizabeth619

  • Constitution Is Ratified

    All white, land owning males could vote.

  • Religious Qhalifications dropped

    Last religious prerequisite for voting is removed.

  • Property requirements dropped

    Property ownership and tax requirements removed by 1850. Most white males could vote..

  • 15th Amendment

    It gives slaves the right to vote and protects the rights of male adults who vote that are of any race.

  • 19th Amendment

    Gurantees womens sufferrage

  • 23rd Amendment

    Voters of the District of Columbia allowed to participate in presidental elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    Bans the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections.

  • Votings Rights Act of 1965

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama, to draw national attention to African-American voting rights.
    Protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test. The Act is expanded and renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982.

  • 26th Amendment

    The 26th amendment sets the minimum voting age at 18.