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Voting Rights Timeline HWS

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    after the civil war

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, was ratified on February 3, 1870
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    women voting rights
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    It prohibits both Congress and the states from requiring the payment of a poll tax or any other tax as a prerequisite for voting in federal elections.
  • voting rights act

    voting rights act

    The VRA aimed to eliminate discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests, and provided for federal oversight of elections in areas with a history of discrimination.
  • 26th amendment

    26th amendment

    lowered voting age from 21 to 18
  • Federal Election Campaign Act

    Federal Election Campaign Act

    The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) is the primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending