Civil Voting Rights Timeline
First Presidential Election: 1789
The first presidential election
was a precise election. Only
white men who owned property
were allowed to vote. Everybody
else was exempt from voting.
Amendment 15:1870
Amendment 15, ratified in 1870,
stated that no one could be
denied suffrage because of race
or color. This amendment
affected everyone besides
women, who still were denied
the right to vote.
Amendment 23: 1961
Amendment 23, which was
ratified in in 1961, gave citizens
residing in the District of
Columbia, the right to vote for
president and vice president of prohibited for national elections,
the United States. This
amendment affected citizens in
the District of Columbia.
Amendment 13: 1865
Amendment 13, ratified 1865,
outlawed slavery in all states
and in all lands governed and
owned by the United States.
This affected slaves and
plantation and slave owners.
Amendment 17: 1913
Amendment 17, ratified in 1913,
allowed direct election of United
States senators through popular
vote. They could be chosen
directly. This affected the
government, senators, and the
people being represented. It
was a big change to the
Constitution.
Amendment 24:1961
Amendment 24, which was
ratified in 1964, banned poll
taxes as requirements for voting
in national elections. They were
but they were still allowed for
state elections. In 196, they were
banned also in state elections.
This affected African Americans
because these are the people
who the poll tax was against and
also people who could not pay)
Amendment 14: 1868
Amendment 14, ratified in 1868,
granted full citizenship to
African Americans and it also
stated that no state could take
away “life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness, without
due process of law.” It also
stated that every citizen now
has equal representation under
the law. This affected African
Americans.
Amendment 19: 1920
Amendment 19, which was
ratified in 1920, gave all women
the right to vote. This extended
the right to vote for all citizens.
This amendment was a huge
turning point in the growth of
the United States and women
were most affected by it.
Amendment 26:1971
Amendment 26, which was ratified
in 1971, lowered the voting age to
18 years old. This amendment
affected all the younger people in
America by allowing them to now
have a voice in their country.
 Women's Rights Movement
The Women's Rights Movement
started in 1848 and ended around
1928, though it is still debated
when it actually ended. Susan B.
Anthony, Carry Chapman Catt,
Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth
Stanton were a few of the many
important women that were
involved. The movement started
because women wanted o vote and
have the same rights as men. But a
majority of the men living in the
United States believed that this
would be dangerous to our country.
This movement affected women in
the United states, and it also gave
everybody(over 18) suffrage.  Vietnam War
American Indian Citizenship Act of
1924
In 1924, Native americans born in
the United States were granted full
citizenship due to this act. This act
affected Native Americans and.
Everyone in the US now had rights.
Civil War 1861-1865
In 1861, the country of the United
States was divided during the Civil
War. THere were the Confederate
states and the Northern states. It
started because the rights of
individual states, taxation, and
overall slaves, came into question.
It affected families being divided,
slaves and their freedom, and also
the south overall because they
became more industrious.
1956-1975
In North and South Vietnam in
1956, an election was held to
reunite the nations. But, when this
did not take place, the communist
country of North Vietnam revolted.
The communist Soviet Union joined
the North Vietnam in fighting while
the United States joined to help
fight with South Vietnam because
they did not want South Vietnam to
become communist. The Vietnam
War resulted in South Vietnam
being controlled by the government
and several other nations were
affected. North Korea and South
Korea and a good example of this.