voting rights timeline

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Granted African Americans the right to vote
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Granted women the right to vote
  • Indian Citizenship Act

    Indian Citizenship Act

    granted US citizenship to indigenous people of the United States
  • McCarran - Walter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act

    McCarran - Walter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act

    this unfortunately kept a quota promoting limited immigration voting rights based on race / ethnicity
  • Motor Voter Law

    Motor Voter Law

    a law passed to make it quicker and easier for Americans to vote or have access to voting
  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

    in the summer of 1964, white people and black people joined together to fight against voter discrimination
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    Prohibiting poll tax in elections
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    Allowing citizens 18 years or older to vote
  • Help America Vote Act

    Help America Vote Act

    this law replaced voting systems in certain states to advance voting standards. it also provided funding for improved election administration
  • Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

    Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

    act that allows members of the military and their families, as well as people outside of the US to participate in elections as an absentee