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Time Period: 1820s-1850s

The suffrage expanded to all adult white men.

Voting rights are protected during the rise of democratic politics by repealing property qualifications for voting and eliminating voting by voice. This allowed and encouraged several more people to vote since anyone that was a white male that paid taxes could have the freedom to vote.

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Time Period: 1870

The suffrage expanded to male African Americans.

Voting rights were protected with this amendment by preventing the denial of anyone's votes based on race. The 15th Amendment allowed male African Americans to move one step further in establishing equality as they were able to vote for their future leaders.

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Time Period: 1920

The suffrage was expanded to all American women.

Voting rights were protected under the 19th Amendment by preventing the denial of the right to vote based on a person's sex. This allowed women to vote in elections which was a huge step forward to establishing feminism and the Women Rights Movement.

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Time Period: 1924

The suffrage was expanded to all Native Americans born in the United States.

Voting rights were protected under this piece of legislation by allowing Native Americans to be able to vote in any state that allowed them to vote. Native Americans were also granted citizenship which made them American citizens, giving them the right to vote in the United States.

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Time Period: 1952

The suffrage was expanded to all Asian Americans.

Voting rights were protected under this piece of legislation by allowing all Asian Americans the right to become citizens of the United States which allowed them to vote. Immigrants were now able to vote under this legislation, expanding the right to vote to many more people.

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Time Period: 1961

The suffrage was expanded to American citizens living in the District of Columbia.

Voting rights were protected under the 23rd Amendment by allowing residents of the District of Columbia to be able to use their rights to vote in order to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States. Such residents were granted appropriate voting rights given to residents of the United States.

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Time Period: 1964

The suffrage was expanded to voters who were not economically stable.

Voting rights were protected under the 24th Amendment by eliminating poll taxes that could have prevented or suppressed the amount of voters from certain races or the low-income class. This amendment allowed all voters no matter their income to vote in the elections.

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Time Period: 1965

The suffrage was expanded to African Americans.

Voting rights were protected under this piece of legislation by eliminating barriers that African Americans faced such as literacy tests to prevent them from voting. The 15th Amendment guaranteed their right to vote, but many states required a literacy test or some kind of discriminatory voting practice to prevent them from voting. This legislation eliminated those barriers, allowing all African Americans to vote.

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Time Period: 1971

The suffrage was expanded to American citizens aged 18 or older.

Voting rights were protected under the 26th Amendment by allowing all legal adults to vote, no matter their age. The lowering of the age to 18 gave voice to all adults to allow them to participate in elections.

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Time Period: 1975

The suffrage was expanded to minority groups.

Voting rights were protected under the VRA Reauthorization of 1975 as protections were established to protect minority groups in the face of language barriers and banned literacy tests permanently, nationwide. This allowed all American citizens the right to vote, whether or not they spoke fluent English or not by providing language assistance.

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Voting Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Act

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Voting Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Act

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Time Period: 1984

The suffrage was expanded to the elderly and voters with disabilities.

Voting rights were protected under this piece of legislation by providing a mandate nationwide to ensure that American citizens with disabilities were given the right to vote to ensure equality. This legislations also required that all states to make registration and voting aids accessible.