- 1787
- U.S. Constitution adopted. In most states only white males are eligible to vote.
- 1870
- 15th Amendment extends vote to African Americans.
- 1920
- 19th Amendment extends right to vote to women.
- 1948
- State laws denying the vote to Native Americans are overturned.
- 1964
- 24th Amendment ends poll taxes.
- 1970
- 26th Amendment lowers voting age to 18.
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