Voting Rights in the United States

By dobrina2

  • Constitution is ratified

    White males who owned property were allowed to vote

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Religious requirement for voting was eliminated.

  • Property requirements dropped

    Most white ales could vote; no longer needed to own property and no more tax requirement.

  • 15th Amendment

    Former slaves now gained the right to vote and most adult males of any race now had the right to vote.

  • 19th Amendment

    Women gained the right to vote.

  • 23rd Amendment

    Voters of the District of Columbia could now vote in presidential elections.

  • 24th Amendment

    The requirement for the poll tax in federal elections was banned.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    A voter regristration drive led by Martin Luther King Jr. brought national attention to African American voting rights.

  • 26th Amendment

    This amendent set the voting age at a minimum of 18 years old.