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The Civil War has officially come to an end
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Civil Rights Act of 1866 grants citizenship but not the right to vote to all native born Americans.
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The 15th amendment passes though congress giving African American men the right to vote
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The 15th amendment was ratified giving freed slaves and other African Americans the right to vote
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Beginning in 1889 poll taxes are adopted in many southern states inculding Mississippi which made it difficult and kept many black from being able to vote
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Literacy tests are established and used in many states, not just in the south, to keep African Americans form voting.
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The 17th amendment passes though congess
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The 17th amendment is ratified. Memebers of the senate must be elected by the people instead of by state legislators.
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The 19th amendment passes though congress guaraneeing women's suffrage or the right for women to vote
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All Native Americans born in the U.S. are granted the right of citizenship and the right to vote in federal elections.
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Only 3% of African Americans were registered to vote in 1940 due to Jim Crow laws which kept them from voting. Jim Crow laws created racial segregation, gave blacks economic, social, and educational disadvantages.
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