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Voting Rights
Voting RIghts -
13th Amendment
the end of the civil war and abolish slavery. -
15th Amendment
Gives minority males the right to vote -
Laws to take voting rights from African-Americans
prevents African Americans from voting -
Supreme court rules that literacy test are constitutional
Force to take a literacy test in order to vote -
Supreme court declares Grandfather clause unconstitutional
the could only vote if their grandfather could too. -
19th Amendment
Gives women the right to vote -
Supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional
Had to pay all taxes in order to vote -
24th amendment
Supreme court declares poll taxes unconstitutional -
Freedom Summer
An attempt to register African Americans to vote in Mississippi -
Voting Rights Act
Bans racial and ethic discrimination in elections
