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Constitution went into effect
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Fifteenth Amendment was ratified
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had won the right to vote in 11 states
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National Women’s Party...
began picketing outside the White House and distributing leaflets -
only 29 percent of all African Americans in the South were registered
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pass a literacy test to qualify to vote
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Twenty-fourth Amendment outlawed the poll tax in national elections
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Voting Rights Act
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poll tax in state elections was eliminated
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Twenty-sixth Amendment
ended the debate, lowering the voting age to 18 in every state