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This amendment was created and it allowed everyone to vote no matter who it was. It gave African Americans the right to vote but everything wasn't fixed. Southerner states continued to segregate society (Jim Crow Laws). It was also created around Plessy v. Ferguson "Separate But Equal"
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This Amendment was passed for the right to vote in the political election. This amendment was also passed to say that anyone can vote and you cannot deny women to vote. This was a part of the Womans Suffrage Movement. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest. -
The Indian Citizenship Act was put in place in 1924 and it said that any African Americans that were born in the U.S. were counted as Citizens of the United States of America. https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=602#:~:text=Approved%20on%20June%202%2C%201924,individual%20state%20or%20local%20laws. -
This Amendment was passed for people to vote with no more poll taxes. This meant that poll taxes were expensive and were only meant for wealthy people to vote and cause the disenfranchisement of the poor people for them to be unable to vote. -
This was called the "Freedom Summer" and this was a campaign during the year 1964 it launched in June and it was an attempt to register the most amount of African American Voters in Mississippi. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-summer#:~:text=Freedom%20Summer%2C%20or%20the%20Mississippi,and%20discrimination%20at%20the%20polls. -
In the Voting Rights Act of 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson aimed to overcome legal barriers to African Americans' right to vote under the 15th amendment to the constitution. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act -
This Amendment was passed by congress to make the voting age 18 and older because it used to be the age of 21 for voters but the draft was 18. People didn't like that because if they were going into the draft and they didn't have any say in the government. https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=323#:~:text=Twenty%2Dsixth%20Amendment%20to%20the%20Constitution&text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20March%2023,citizens%20aged%20eighteen%20or%20older. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, public accommodations, transportation, and access to state and local government programs and services. https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/disability/ada#:~:text=The%20Americans%20with%20Disabilities%20Act,local%20government'%20programs%20and%20services. -
The Motor Voter Law was passed in 1963 and was made for citizens to allow voter registration by mail when someone applies for a driver's license. https://www.justice.gov/crt/national-voter-registration-act-1993-nvra#:~:text=The%20National%20Voter%20Registration%20Act%20of%201993%20(also%20known%20as,at%20State%20motor%20vehicle%20agencies. -
The Help America Vote Act was to help make the best reforms in voting possible. The process of voting was made a whole lot easier with this process coming into a date in the year 2002. https://www.eac.gov/about_the_eac/help_america_vote_act.aspx
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