Voting Rights in the United States

By nuggetmaster1994

  • Constitution is ratified

    In 1789 The Constitution was ratified - All white, land owning males could vote.

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Last religious voting requirements for voting is eliminated

  • Property requirements dropped

    Property ownership and tax requirements were eliminated by 1850.

  • 15th Amendment

    gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens

  • 19th Amendment

    women get the right to vote

  • 23rd Amendment

    23rd Amendment allows voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment bans the poll tax, a requirement for voting in federal elections.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assembles a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama, to draw national attention to African-American voting rights.

  • 26th Amendment

    26th amendment sets the minimum voting age at 18.