History of Voting in the United States

In the Constitution in 1789, voting was limited to property- owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population. The Naturalization Act of 1790 limited citizenship to free white persons. In practice, only white male property owners could naturalize and acquire citizen status, which then allowed them to vote. From 1792 to 1838 free black males lost the right to vote in severa...