Voting Rights in the United States

By Emily Mansfield

  • Constitution is radified

    white adult men property owners can only vote

  • religous qualifications dropped

    no religous prerequisite for voting

  • property requirments dropped

    property requisite dropped for voting

  • 15th amendment

    former slaves are allowed to vote

  • 19th amendment

    womens sufferage

  • 23rd amendment

    allows people in D.C to vote in presidential elections

  • 24th amendmentr

    no poll tax for voting

  • voting rights act of 1965

    Martin Luther King Jr. brings awareness to african american votes

  • 26th amendment

    minimum voting age is 18