Voting rights timeline

By buddy680

  • constitution is ratified1789

    all white land owning males could vote

  • religious qualifacations droped 1810

    last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated

  • property requirements dropped 1850

    propertyownership and tax requirements illiminated, almost all white males could vote

  • 15th amendment 1867

    gives former slaves right to vote, and protects voting rights of adult male citizens of any race

  • 19th amendment 1920

    garentees womens sufferage

  • 23rd amendment 1961

    allows voters of the District of Colombia to participatein presedential elections

  • 24th amendment 1964

    bands poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections

  • voting rights act of 1965

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, alabama to draw national attention of black voting rights

  • 26th amendment 1971

    sets the minimum voting age at 18