Voting Rights in the United States

By shilohdf

  • Constitution is Ratified

    Only all white, landowning males could vote

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    The last religious prerequisite for voting was eliminated

  • Property requirements dropped

    Nearly all white male adults could vote due to the elimination of property ownership and tax requirements.

  • 15th Amendment

    Protected voting rights of adult male citizens of any race and gave former slaves the right to vote.

  • 19th Amendment

    Women won the right to vote.

  • 23th Amendment

    Allowed voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    Poll tax was banned for voting in federal elections.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama from Martin Luther King Jr. to draw attention for African-American voting rights.

  • 26th Amendment

    Allows 18-year-olds to vote.