Annenberg Classroom: Right to Vote Poll Tax Ban

Check out this interactive timeline that documents the history women's right to vote in the United States.

This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of the right to vote for our nations youth.

Text of the 19th Amendment and explanation of the text. Annenberg Classroom series Constitution Guide. Related videos and timeline.

A brief description of the history of the poll tax and the passing of the 24th Amendment to abolish it. With primary sources accompanying the text and links to other resources.

Text and explanation of the 24th Amendment banning poll tax.

Laws passed after the Civil War made it easier for African American men to vote, but some states passed laws to stop them. In some states, African Americans to pass a literacy test and pay a poll tax. See how these tests affected those...

Text of the 23rd Amendment and accompanying explanation in Annenberg Classroom Civics Education site.

Extensive information for high-school classes examining the history of women's suffrage and the struggle for equal rights as well as related issues that address such questions as: Are laws protecting women's rights still needed?...

This comprehensive and interesting site fully describes black suffrage in the south, and goes into detail on poll taxes. Written in 1940, it offers a fascinating perspective and historic relevance.

Text of the 18th Amendment banning the sale of alcohol and a brief description of its meaning.