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The U.S. can not deny anyone the right to vote due to race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This was added to give African Americans the right to vote but many southern states found loopholes
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Justice Edward White went to court against the U.S. because he believed the grandfather clause exemptions to literacy tests for voting rights were unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Grandfather Clause of Oklahoma's Voter Registration Act of 1910 violated the Fifteenth Amendment.
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The U.S. can not deny anyone the right to vote because they are a woman. This was a victory for women's suffrage after years of agitation and protest.
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The Indian Citizenship Act granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The right to vote. Though the Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1924, some states barred Native Americans from voting until 1957.
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Freedom Summer was a Project that resulted in various meetings, protests, freedom schools, freedom housing, freedom libraries, and a collective rise in awareness of voting rights and disenfranchisement experienced by African Americans in Mississippi. It helped with the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Outlawed poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections. Due to "Jim Crow" laws it was harder for African Americans to make money. Poll Tax was a way for southern states to get around the 15th Amendment because most African Americans could not pay it. constitutioncenter.org -
Reynolds v. Sims was a Court case that ruled that the state legislative districts needs to be roughly equal to the population. This helped to make sure there is fair representation for all citizens.
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The 15th Amendment did not fix much because how the loopholes that many states found, so the Voting Act of 1965 was created to fix that. “Bloody Sunday", a peaceful voting rights protest which led to an attack by Alabama state police, helped bring more attention to the problem. The Act made states have to get any voting laws checked to make sure they don't lead to discrimination.
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Anyone 18 years old or older has the right to vote. During World War II, the minimum age to be drafted was lowered to 18 and many people were mad that they could fight in a war but not vote and the slogan “old enough to fight, old enough to vote” was created. -
The National Voter Registration Act Of 1993 is also known as (NVRA). The Act has made it easier for all Americans to register to vote and to maintain their registration.
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