Voting Rights in America

By sydneymattes0n
  • Event One

    Event One

    -Originally, only white males could vote if they owned property.
  • Event Two

    Event Two

    -The Constitution allows states to set the voting requirements. However, this did not change much.
  • Event Three

    Event Three

    • The Naturalization Act of 1790 allows white men born outside of the United States to become citizens. Therefore, allowing them to eventually vote.
  • Event Four

    Event Four

    -Abolition of property qualifications for white men. Now, many poor white males could vote.
  • Event Five

    Event Five

    -The fifteenth amendment stated that males could vote regardless of their race.
  • Event Six

    Event Six

    -Women were now allowed to vote.
  • Event Seven

    Event Seven

    -The Indian Citizenship Act gave tax paying Indians the right to vote.
  • Event Eight

    Event Eight

    -The twenty-third amendment stated that the people of the District of Columbia could vote in the presidential and vice presidential elections.
  • Event Nine

    Event Nine

    -According to the twenty-fourth amendment, citizens did not have to pay a fee to vote.
  • Event Ten

    Event Ten

    -The twenty-sixth amendment granted people above the age of eighteen the right to vote.