Voting Rights in the United States Timeline

By alexc191

  • Constitution is ratified

    Only white males property owners had the right to vote

  • Religious qualifications dropped

    Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated

  • Property requirements dropped

    Almost all adult white males could vote.

  • 15 Amendment

    It gives former slaves the right to vote and all adult male citizens of any race.

  • 19 Amendment

    granted nation-wide suffrage to women.

  • 23 Amendment

    The 23rd Amendment allows voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.

  • 24 Amendment

    The 24th Amendment bans the poll tax

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama, to draw attention to African-American voting rights

  • 26 Amendment

    The 26th amendment sets the voting age at 18