Voting Right in the United States

  • The Constitution is Ratified

    white men who own property could only vote
  • Religious Qualifications Dropped

    Religion was no longer a factor of whether or not you could or could not vote
  • Property Requirements Dropped

    Now almost all men can vote because the property requirement has been eliminated
  • 15th Amendment

    This Amendment now gave former slaves and citizens of any race the right to vote
  • 19th Amendment

    This year women gained the right to vote
  • 23rd Amendment

    District of Columbia can now participate in presidential elections.
  • 24th Amendment

    this banned poll tax on all Federal elections
  • Voting Rights Acts of 1965

    this protected rights of minority voters and eliminated voting obsticlas like the literacy test.
  • 26th Amendment

    Now anyone 18 and older can vote

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