Voting Rights timeline

By ZiahM
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  • end of civil war 13th amendment abolishes slavery

    end of civil war 13th amendment abolishes slavery

    This event leads to African-Americans getting voting rights. After the slaves were freed they were treated like 2nd class citizens so the fought back and eventually got voting rights.
  • 15th amendment gives minority males the right to vote

    15th amendment gives minority males the right to vote

    This event lead to southern states trying to take voting rights away from African-Americans. The southern states were still set in their ways and still believed that they were somehow above former slaves.

  • many southern states pass laws to take voting rights from African-Americans

  • supreme court rules that literacy tests are constitutional

  • Supreme court declares grandfather Clause Unconstitutional; These laws required voters to prove their grandfather could vote, however most African-Americans grandparents wee slaves.

  • supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional

  • 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