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The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution leave the power to decide voting rights to the individual states.

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Four states change their laws taking away the right to vote from men of color.

Massachusetts takes away the right to vote from Native American men.

New Jersey takes away the right to vote from women.

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States expand voting rights for white men so they could now vote across the U.S unless they've been convicted of a crime of they are classified as "paupers.

Free black man can vote in five states: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire ,New York, Rhode Island and Vermont

In 1860,New Yorkers vote deny the right to vote to Black men who don't meet the property requirements

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The 15th amendment is ratified and black men gain the right to vote throughout the United States.

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The United States changes its Constitution. It is now illegal to restrict voting based on sex.

• White women now have the right to vote in every state.

• Black and Mexican American women now have the right to vote in every state, but Jim Crow laws requiring poll taxes or literacy tests prevent them from exercising that right in many states.

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Jim Crow laws, reinforced with violence against registering voters or encouraging voting, severely limit African American voter registration. In the South, 97% of eligible Black voters are not registered to vote in 1940. The 1924 Indian Citizenship Act grants citizenship to Native Americans born in the United States, but many states continue to deny Native Americans the right to vote.

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Federal law makes it illegal for states to discriminate against groups of voters. States and localities with histories of “denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color” must have any future changes to voting laws approved by the federal government.
• Black men in the South can freely exercise their right to vote for the first time since the 1870s.

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Men and women age 18 and older are now able to vote in every state and Washington, D.C.

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Almost immediately following the Supreme Court ruling in 2013, states began passing laws restricting voting: closing polling places, purging voter rolls, strengthening ID laws and limiting or ending early voting.

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States allow automatic voter registration.