Voting Timeline by DENNIS LOPEZTEOS https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf The history of voting rights en-us 2021-09-30 00:49:37 UTC 2026-03-01 22:54:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5a4.png Naturalization Act of 1790 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779728050 The Naturalization Act of 1790 was a law that set the first rules for granting US citizenship ]]> 2021-09-30 00:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779728050 15th Amendment 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779762977 The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."]]> 2021-09-30 01:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779762977 19th Amendment 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779775562 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.]]> 2021-09-30 01:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779775562 Indian Citizenship Act 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779793082 The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, was an Act of the United States Congress that granted US citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States, called "Indians" in the Act. (Native Americans)]]> 2021-09-30 01:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779793082 Repeal Of Chinese Exclusion Act 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779811000 These laws attempted to stop all Chinese immigration into the United States for ten years, with exceptions for diplomats, teachers, students, merchants, and travelers. The laws were widely evaded. Exclusion was repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17, 1943, which allowed 105 Chinese to enter per year.]]> 2021-09-30 01:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779811000 23rd Amendment 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779824467 The Amendment allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors, who in turn vote in the Electoral College for President and Vice President.]]> 2021-09-30 01:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779824467 24th Amendment 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779830203 What is the 24th Amendment in simple terms?
Not long ago, citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. This fee was called a poll tax. On January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
]]> 2021-09-30 01:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779830203 Reynolds v. Sims 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779839876 In Reynolds v. Sims (1964), the Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that the legislative districts across states be equal in population.]]> 2021-09-30 01:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779839876 Voting Rights Act Of 1965 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779848171 It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.]]> 2021-09-30 01:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779848171 26th Amendment 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779856292 The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.]]> 2021-09-30 01:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779856292 Voting Rights Act- Amendment Of 1975 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779866000 Separately, in 1975 Congress expanded the Act's scope to protect language minorities from voting discrimination.]]> 2021-09-30 01:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779866000 Shaw v. Reno 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779872875 was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering.]]> 2021-09-30 01:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779872875 Motor Voter Act (NVRA) 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779881929 The motor voter law was a bill passed by congress in 1963 to make it easier for americans to register to vote. The law requires states to allow voter registration by mail, when one applies for a driver's license, and at state offices that serve the disabled or poor.]]> 2021-09-30 01:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779881929 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) 502678 https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779891932 HAVA was passed by the U.S. Congress in 2002 to make sweeping reforms to the nation's voting process. HAVA addresses improvements to voting systems and voter access that were identified following the 2000 election.]]> 2021-09-30 02:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/502678/qtdbcohag5inylwf/wish/1779891932