Voting Rights In The United States

By Jimmy Miles

  • Constitution Is Ratified

    All white land owning males can vote

  • Religious Qualifications Dropped

    Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated.

  • Property Requirements dropped

    Property ownership and tax requirements eliminated by 1850. Almost all adult white males could vote.

  • 15 Amenment

    It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens of any race.

  • 19 bAmendment

    The 19th Amendment guarantees women's suffrage

  • 23 Amendment

    The 23rd Amendment allows voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.

  • 24 Amendment

    The 24th Amendment bans the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama, to draw national attention to African-American voting rights.

  • 26 Amendment

    he 26th amendment sets the minimum voting age at 18.