Around 40 percent of adult white, male, Virginians and more than 60 percent of adult, male New Englanders voted.

In 1790 free black men could vote in 9 out of the 13 states.

In 1838 3 free states -Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut- and 3 slave states-Maryland, North Carolina, and Tennessee- eliminated the voting for free Black men.

Between 1803 and the end of the civil war Maine was only state that permitted Black men to vote.

After the North won the civil war they added the 13-15th amendments to help Black Americans.

Before the states could rejoin the union they would have to except the 13,14,15 amendments in there laws.

Frederick Douglass fought for suffrage and equal rights for both Black men and women.

The 14th amendment didn’t protect voting rights so later they added the 15th amendment.

With the Reconstruction acts they helped rebuild the south and now Black southerners were elected into fed and state gov.

Southern states made if very difficult for African Americans to vote due literacy test and poll taxes.

Some states had it so the votes weren’t confidential which could led to a forced vote.

In 1923 Texas didn’t let African Americans or Latinos to vote in Democratic Party primaries was only overturned in 1943.

Native Americans only gained right to vote if graves up traditional ways due to the Dawes Act of 1887.

In 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified which gave women the right to vote.

The first state to give women the right to vote was Wyoming in 1869 the Utah followed in 1870.

Between 1970 and 1920 many states changed to allow women to vote.

The Civil Rights movement allowed Congress to pass the 1965 Voting Rights Act and then a quarter million Black voters registered to vote.

In the summer of 1964 thousands of young people traveled to the South to get votes to register but they get harassed and violence against them. Some officers murdered three men and buried their bodies.

The VRA prohibited the racial discrimination in the polls helping the civil rights movement greatly.

Through the 60s and 70s groups fought to end poll taxes so poor white and black voters could afford to vote.

In 1962 the 24th amendment was passed which outlawed poll taxes and was ratified in 1964, was primarily targeted at southern states.

JFK pushed for the lowering of the minimum voting age to 18. This allowed for the passing of the 26th amendment which lowered to voting age from 21 to 18.

Bush won the election because recounting votes was unclear in 2000 so the recount was stopped by the Supreme Court.

In 1828 a majority of Adult white men could vote and in many states foreign born , non naturalized resident could vote( if met qualifications). Between 1824 and 1828 voter turnout doubled.

In 1840s women began advocating g for the right to vote.

After the Mexican American War former Mexican territories became part of the U.S. White male citizen of Mexican who become U.S citizens could vote.

In 1860 only 5 states permitted black men to vote.

In 1864 19 of the 25 states had changed the voting requirements to allow soldiers to cast ballots in war.