Voting rights

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    Voting rights

  • 13th Amendment Abolishes slavery and ends the civil war

    13th Amendment Abolishes slavery and ends the civil war

    This leads to more black people wanting to vote and alot of southern states to try to find a way to stop them from voting.
  • 15th amendment gives minority males the right to vote

    15th amendment gives minority males the right to vote

    This leads to , even more, southern states trying to prevent African-Americans from voting.
  • Laws to take voting rights from African Americans

    Laws to take voting rights from African Americans

    Causes outrage in the African-American communities and lads for them to fight for there rights to vote.
  • Supreme court rules literacy tests are unconstitutional

    Supreme court rules literacy tests are unconstitutional

    This leads for the southern states to try to find another way to keep African-Americans from voting. Ex. Grandfather clause.
  • Supreme court declares "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional These laws required voters to prove that their grandfathers were able to vote.

    Supreme court declares "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional These laws required voters to prove that their grandfathers were able to vote.

    This leads to, Again, that southern states tried to find another way to keep African-Americans from voting.
  • 19th amendment Gave voting rights to women

    19th amendment Gave voting rights to women

    This is important because it stops the gender discrimination when it comes to voting.
  • Supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional

    Supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional

    This event is important because it gives voting rights to African-American males.

  • 24th amendment outlaws poll taxes

  • Freedom summer is an attempt to register African-Americans to vote in Mississippi

  • Voting rights act bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections