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The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. They cannot be denied by the country or state for voting as long as they are at least 18 years of age or older. Voting rights were increased.

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This act was to prohibit states from making qualifications to not allow African-Americans to get the right to vote. Literacy tests were not allowed anymore. It increased voting rights.

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The Selma march took place in Selma, Alabama. They marched to ensure they would legally be allowed to vote. Voting rights were increased because of this march.

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This act was to get rid of discrimination if it regarded your race, color, religion, sex or national origin. All public places could now not discriminate just because of a person's color. This increased voting rights.

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Freedom summer was a protest to let African-Americans from Mississippi to vote. Most of them were college students. It increased only 1,200 people for voting from the event.

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The 24th amendment got rid of the poll tax. It forbid state and national governments taxing on federal elections. There was an increase in voting rights.

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This amendment granted people living in D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections. It took less than year for the amendment to be ratified. There was an increase in voting rights.

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The Indian citizenship act was passed to say Native Americans who were born in the U.S. were citizens at birth. But they weren't allowed to vote until 1957. There was an increase in voting rights.

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The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. When they voted for the amendment, Alabama and Georgia had voted against it. There was an increase in voting rights.

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The 17th amendment removed the power from state legislators to choose U.S. Senators. They gave that power directly to voters in the states.There was not much of a change with voting rights.

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Jim Crow laws were set to remove rights from African-Americans. They segregated them from white people until around 1964. There was a decrease in voting laws.

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National American Women's Suffrage Association

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National American Women's Suffrage Association

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were in charge/founded the NAWSA. They fought to be allowed to work in office and able to vote. There was an increase in voting rights when this happened.

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The 15th amendment stated that nobody could be treated differently by the law regarding their race/color. As long as they were citizens, they were supposed to be treated equally. There was not a change in voting rights.

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The 14th amendment gave anybody who was originally born in the U.S. citizenship. Anybody who was a citizen now was supposed to have equal protection under the law. There was a increase in voting because more people were considered citizens.

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Black codes were set right after the Civil War ended. They limited African-Americans freedom and they were unable to own land or even publicly go to all the same places as white people. There was a huge decrease in voting rights at this time.

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The 13th amendment was ratified to abolish slavery. It freed 4 million African-Americans in the South. There wasn't really an increase or decrease in voting rights because the 13th amendment created equal protection of the law, not having to do with voting rights.

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The first convention for Women's Rights happened in Seneca Falls, New York. This was the start of them pushing for women's suffrage. The Seneca Falls Convention increased voting right because it gave women the right to vote.

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The Constitution was the foundation for the U.S.'s federal government. They wanted the states and national government to both have power but not fully overrule one or the other. Because the Constitution was the first thing for suffrage, it didn't increase or decrease who could really vote at that time.