The Five Stages in the Growth of the American Electorate

  • No Religious Requirements

    No Religious Requirements
    All states stopped having reliegious requirements and then States slowly elimintated property ownership and tax payment qualifications.
  • Don't Matter if you're Black or White

    Don't Matter if you're Black or White
    After the 15th amendment was ratified all races could vote, but it still took wuite a while for them to be able to ACTUALLY vote.
  • Women can vote!

    Women can vote!
    The 19th Amendment no longer allowed the denial of women wanting to vote.
  • Black people can REALLY vote now

    Black people can REALLY vote now
    People working voting booths could no longer be sneaky about keeping black people away
  • 18 years and older can vote

    18 years and older can vote
    No states could set the minimum age for voting higher than 18