voting rights By 5fdpfan1 Apr 8, 1865 end of the civil war and 13th amentment this was the war that created the 13th amendment that ended slavery Apr 6, 1869 15th amendment this amendment alowed almost of the males to vote May 7, 1896 laws to ban african-amaricans from voting most states made a law that baned african-amaricans from voting