Voting Rights in the United States

By twotall72

  • Constitution is Ratified

    Only white men with land, have the right to vote.

  • Religous Qualitfication's Dropped.

    Last religous requirement for voting is terminated.

  • Property Rquirements Dropped

    Property ownership and tax requirements are gone from voting requirments by 1850. Almost every white male can vote. Connecticut adds the nations first literacy test to vote. Massachusetts follows.

  • The 15th Amendment is Added

    The fifteenth amendment is past giving voting rights to past slaves and protects the voting rights for every adult male, black or white.

  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment promises Womens Suffrage.

  • The 23rd Amendment

    The 23rd Amendment allows voters in the District of Columbr to vote in Presidential elections.

  • The 24th Amendment

    Bans the poll tax as a rquirement in government elections.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Martin Luther King Jr. is drawing attention to African-Americans Voting Rights leading to the Voting Rights Act which protects the rights of minority voters and eliminating unjust tests.

  • The 26th Amendment

    The 26th Amendment makes voting age 18 for if you are old enough to go to war, you are old enough to vote.