Voting Rights in the United States

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  • Constitution is ratified

    The US Constitution establishes that only white, males that own land had the right to vote.

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Voting no longer required religious qualifications

  • Property requirements dropped

    No longer required land ownership to vote.

  • 15th Amendment

    Gives former slaves voting rights and protects voting rights for all males, regardless of ther race.

  • 19th Amendment

    Women gain the right to vote.

  • 23rd Amendment

    Residents in the District of Columbia now can participate in the presidential elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    Bans poll taxes for elections, granting voting rights to the poor.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Protects voting rights for minorities and eliminates anything that will restrict the right to vote, such as liteacy tests.

  • 26th Amendment

    Voting age reduced to 18.