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in 1865, the constitution abolished slavery, setting all slaves free. -
the 14th amendment which was 1868. Made it so everyone is equal to the law, no matter job, race,gender, age, -
This made it so people can be allowed of vote regardless of what race you are. But women were still unable to vote -
the 24th Amendment made it so people were not taxed while voting. -
Plessy v. Ferguson was a case which the supreme court ruled that people of color were Separate but equal -
the 19th Amendment finally made it so women were allowed to vote -
Indian rights began in 1924 which granted native Americans in America to be U.S citizens. Later on in the years they made sure there was no discrimination between native Americans and U.S citizens.
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education was a case in which the ruling was that segregating schools was unconstitutional. This allowed people of all races to be in the same schools together -
These acts included
Equal voting between races
Penalties for people that tried to obstruct someone for voting
Outlawed discrimination of sex, age, religion for voting.
Outlawed selling houses to only a certain race. -
These voting acts did many things to allow people to vote, this included.
Outlawing denying people to vote because of race.
Banning use of literacy tests to vote
Making more people able to vote. -
the 26th Amendment lowered the age of voting to 18, this allowed more people to vote.