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voting rights timeline
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13th amendment
This event in time was a very good thing that happened to the world because it came to the end of slavery -
15th amendment
This amendment is important because it ensures equality between African american men and white men by allowing both to vote -
laws to take voting rights from African Americans
This was a big turn in events because of the 13th amendment and because the end of slavery the white men wanted to limit their rights -
Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are constitutional
The supreme court at this time came to the conclusion that literacy tests to vote are constitutional -
Supreme Court declares "grandfather clause" unconstitutional
The supreme court said that if your grandfather couldn't vote you couldn't and the supreme court said that this was unconstitutional because most African Americans were slaves before and were not allowed to vote -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment was a big win for women of the united states because this amendment gives them the right to vote -
Supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional
The supreme court stated that is is constitutional to have people pay to vote -
24th amendment
The 24th amendment was a good protest with the people to stop poll taxes and they did win so that you do not have to pay to vote -
Freedom summer
Freedom summer was an attempt to have African Americans register to vote in Mississippi -
Voting rights act
Voting rights act bans all racial and ethnicity discrimination in elections giving everyone the right to vote
