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The Constitution is ratified
The Convention signed the Constitution and forwarded it to Congress. -
Religious qualifications dropped
Allowed white adult men from any religion, who owned property, to vote. -
Property requirements dropped
Allowed adult white men without property of any religion could vote. -
15th Amendment
The law gave all male former slaves the right to vote and also guaranteed protection for voting rights of all adult male citizens, regardless of race. -
19th Amendment
Guaranteed american women the right to vote. -
23rd Amendment
Granting District of Columbia the right to Vote in Presidential Election. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local governments. -
26th Amendment
This amendment barred the states or federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen.
