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constitution is ratified
Deleware is the first state to ratify the constution and at that time only male white land owners could vote. -
religious qualifications dropped
last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated. -
property requirements dropped
Property ownership and tax requirements eliminated by Almost all adult white males could vote. -
15th amendment
the constitutional amendment passed after the Civil War that guaranteed blacks the right to vote. -
19th amendment
Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
23rd amendment
The twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution which permits the District of Columbia to choose Electors for President and Vice president -
24th amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal government -
voting rights act of 1965
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama, to draw national attention to African-American voting rights. The Voting Rights Act protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test. The Act is expanded and renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982. Read more: U.S. Voting Rights http://www.infoplease.com/timelines/voting.html#ixzz289aj2Gco -
26th amendment
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution standardized the voting age to 18. It was adopted in most states.