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The 13th amendment abolishes slavery. This event is important because the civil war just ended they were fighting to have or to not have slaves. In the end slaves were freed.
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The 15th amendment give minority males the right to vote. This is important because it gives certain people that couldn't vote the right to vote.
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This is important because whites didn't want their former slaves to vote.So they made laws that they had to take test and pass to vote.
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This matters because again the whites didn't want former slaves to vote. So they made literacy tests that African-Americans couldn't pass even if they got all the questions right.
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The whites made a law stating if your grandfather couldn't vote you cant.
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The 19th amendment gives women to vote. This matters because woman haven't been treated equal during those times either.
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The supreme court rules polls taxes constitutional. This matters because former slaves didn't have any money.
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The 24th amendment outlaws poll taxes and allows former slaves to be able to vote.
