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Most states refused to allow blacks to vote. This amendment granted African American men the right to vote. republicans answer to the problem of the black vote was to add a constitutional amendment that guaranteed black suffrage in all states, and no matter which party controlled the government. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/15th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20February%2026,men%20the%20right%20to%20vote. -
The right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex. This amendment granted the right for women to vote. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest. -
President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act which declared all non-citizen Indians born within the limits of the United States to be citizens. The Act authorized certificates of citizenship to Native Americans. The act granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-02/#:~:text=On%20June%202%2C%201924%2C%20Congress,barred%20Native%20Americans%20from%20voting. -
This law reinforced the controversial system of immigrant selection.U.S. immigration law demonstrated a division between those interested in the relationship between immigration and foreign policy, and those linking immigration to concerns over national security. https://immigrationhistory.org/item/1790-nationality-act/ -
Prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election. This amendment got rid of roll taxes. It also helped out the 15th amendment by making it easier for African American people to vote, and the poor whites. https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2022/10/17/constitutional-amendments-series-amendment-xxiv-elimination-of-poll-taxes/#:~:text=Amendment%20Twenty%2Dfour%20to%20the,on%20voters%20during%20federal%20elections. -
Protesting the right for women to vote was a huge milestone for American women, for it was a chance to earn new rights that they had never experienced. from the beginning of the 1800's women had been petitioning and trying to get their voice heard. it wasn't until the year 1919 they finally passed the amendment. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/freedom-summer#:~:text=On%2014%20June%201964%20the,middle%20and%20upper%20class%20backgrounds. -
This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. This law outlawed the discriminatory voting practices which were adopted by many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act#:~:text=This%20act%20was%20signed%20into,as%20a%20prerequisite%20to%20voting. -
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of age. This amendment gave people who are over 18 years of age the right to vote. https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/26th-amendment#:~:text=%EF%BB%BFRatified%20in%20July%201971,21%20to%2018%20years%20old. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act was the world's first civil rights law for people with disabilities. This law prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to state and local government' programs and services. https://www.voanews.com/a/years-after-us-disabilities-act-no-plans-to-ratify-un-treaty-it-inspired-/6675363.html -
This law requires that states and territories allow members of the United States Uniformed Services and merchant marine, their family members, and United States citizens residing outside the United States to register and vote absentee in elections for Federal offices. This law protects the right of service members to vote in federal elections regardless of where they are stationed, Even if it's not in the U.S. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/move-act