Voting Rights in the United States

By DanielleEide

  • Constitution is ratified

    White male, property owners

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    No more religious requirements

  • Property requirements dropped

    People without property and taxes, almost all white men

  • 15th Amendment

    Former slaves and men of any race can vote

  • 19th Amendment

    Women have the right to vote

  • 23rd Amendment

    District of Columbia can vote in presedential elections

  • 24th Amendment

    Bans the poll tax

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voter registration drive started by Martin Luther King Jr in Selma

  • 26th Amendment

    18 an older can vote