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First Major Expansion: The stage of struggle to extend voting rights
States begain to eliminate property ownership and tax payer qualifications. By mid-century, almost all white adult males could vote in every State. -
Second Major Expansion: Effort to broaden electoriate followed by the Civil war
15th Amendment was ratified for all races right to vote -
Third Major Extention: Women's right to vote
The 19th Amendment prohibits the denial the right to vote because of sex -
Fourth Major Extention: Federal legislation and court decisions focused on securing African Americans.
Voting rights Act of 1965. The 23rd amendment passed in 1961, that gave the district of Columbia the right to vote. The 24th amendment retified in 1964 eliminated Poll Tax! -
26th Amendment
Voting age 18 and up!
