We the people

Voting Rights in the United States

  • Constitution is ratified

    Constitution is ratified

    With the constitution being created there were only select people that were allowed to vote. Those people allowed to vote were only white men that owned land.
  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Religious qualifications dropped

    Now there is no limits on what your religion is to have the right to vote.
  • Property requirements dropped

    Property requirements dropped

    In 1850 they dropped the requirmen to own properties to vote. So now all white males can vote.
  • 15th Amendment passed

    15th Amendment passed

    Now the amendment passes that allows all races to vote. Even former slaves have the right to vote.
  • 19th Amendment passed

    19th Amendment passed

    The 19th Amendment passes amd now makes it possible for women to vote.
  • 23rd Amendment passed

    23rd Amendment passed

    Now people who lived in thbe District of Columbia can vote in the elections for president.
  • 24th Amendment passes

    24th Amendment passes

    Now there are no poll taxes so people who couldnt afford to vote now can.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    There are no more tests so that minoritys will fail so now they can vote.
  • 26th Amendment passes

    26th Amendment passes

    The youngest you allowed to be to vote is 18.