Voting Rights Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    End of civil war
  • 13th admendment

    13th admendment
    This is event is important because it makes equal rights and abolish slavery
  • 15th Amendment

    males the right to vote
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    This increased the voting right because it let all males vote
  • Take voting rights from African Americans

  • take voting rights

    take voting rights
    this event lead to another event because in 1965 they ban racial discrimination
  • literacy tests

    Literacy tests are constitutional
  • literacy tests

    literacy tests
    This event is important because now there letting African Americans vote
  • Grandfather clause unconstitutional

  • grandfather clause

    grandfather clause
    This increased the voting right because now more African Americans can vote
  • 19th amendment

    right for woman to vote
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    this increased the voting right because now woman can vote
  • poll taxes are constitutional

  • poll taxes

    poll taxes
    this event is important because it shows that they want us to pay taxes to vote
  • 24th amendment

  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment
    this event increased voting rights because now more people will vote with out paying
  • freedom summer

  • voting right act