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end of the civil war and 13th Amendment abolishes slavery
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gives minority males the right to vote.
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many southern states pass laws to take voteing rights from African Americans
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Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are unconstitutional
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these laws required voters to prove their grandfather could vote, however most african americans grandparents were slaves
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grants the right to vote to women
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poll taxes are constitutional
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outlaws poll taxes
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is an attempt register African Americans to vote in mississippi
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bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections
