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This event is important because this was the beginning of a new life for former slaves this was a step closer to equality. This therefore led to minority males to fight for their abilities to vote.
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The 15th amendment gave minority males the ability to vote. This led many southern states to pass various laws to take those right from them. This lead to various amounts of events and a lot of these laws were taking to the Supreme Court.
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Laws were passed to take voting rights from the African Americans
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Supreme Court ruled the Literacy Test Constitutional
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The Grandfather clause was used as a method to stop African Americans from voting. This led to the clause being taking to the supreme court and was then ruled unconstitutional.
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The 19th amendment was created and allowed women to vote. This led to poll taxes to be questioned but was still said to be constitutional
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The 24th amendment outlawed poll taxes. This then led to Freedom Summer where there was nothing to stop the minorities from voting.
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The Voting Rights Act banned ethnic and racial discrimination in the elections. This event was important because it was the gate opening event that gave African Americans the ability to vote with nothing in there way besides a couple angry opinions.
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Freedom Summer was the large attempt to get African Americans to register to vote. This led to many disputes but also led to the Voting Rights Acts, therefore not allowing discrimination in the elections
