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The Right To Vote Timeline

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  • Only people who own land can vote

    Only people who own land can vote

    Declaration signed, Most property owners where white and and over 21.
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    Timeline

  • Washington elected president

    Washington elected president

    Only 6% of population could vote.
  • Vote expanded to all white men

    Vote expanded to all white men

    North Carolina is the last state to remove property ownership as a requirement to vote
  • Women try to vote

    Women try to vote

    Susan B. Anthony is arrested for attempting to vote in the presidential election
  • Wyoming

    Wyoming

    First state to legalize women sufferage
  • Right to vote extended to women

    Right to vote extended to women

    19th Amendment passed, giving women right ot vote in both states and federal elections.
  • Legal barriers to Native American voting removed

    Legal barriers to Native American voting removed

    Miguel Trujillo, a Native American and former Marine, sues New Mexico for not allowing him to vote.
  • 23rd Amendment passed

    23rd Amendment passed

    It gives citizens of Washington D.C. the right to vote for U.S. President
  • 24th Amendment passed

    24th Amendment passed

    No special tax to vote in federal elections
  • 26th Amendment passed

    26th Amendment passed

    Voting age changed to 18