Timeline: Voting Rights

13th Amendment

Dec 2, 1865

End of the Civil War and the 13th Amendment abolishes slavery.

Voting Rights

Period: Dec 2, 1865 to Dec 2, 1965

15th Amendment

Dec 2, 1869

Gives minority males the right to vote.

Laws to take voting rights from African-Americans

Dec 2, 1896

Southern States pass lawes to make voting more difficult for African Americans.

Supreme Court rules that literacy test are constitutional

Dec 2, 1898

The test that are given before people vote are declared as constitutional.

Supremem Court rules "The Grandfather Clause" Unconstitutional

Dec 2, 1915

19th Amendment

Dec 2, 1920

Grants women the right to vote.

Supreme Court rules that poll taxes are constitutional

Dec 2, 1937

24th Amendment

Feb 2, 1964

Outlaws poll taxing.

Freedom Summer

Jun 2, 1964

Attemt to allow african americans to vote in the state of Mississippi

Voting Rights Act

Dec 2, 1965

Bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections.