Voting Rights in the United States

  • Only white males that owned land were able to vote

  • Last religious qualifications were abolished

  • Adult white males could vote without having land

  • 15th amendment protects rights of any man to vote and gives former slaves the right to vote

  • 19th amendment gave women the right to vote

  • People of the District of Columbia were allowed to vote in political elections

  • The poll tax is banned to vote in federal election

  • Voting Rights Act protects minority voters and it lifts the literacy test

  • Sets the minimum age for voting, which is 18 years old