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Voting Rights Timeline JJ

By JJELSIGME
  • Period: to

    After the Civil War

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    prohibits denying any citizen the right to vote based on sex.
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act

    prohibits racial discrimination in voting
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    Lowered the 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 that regulates the financing of political campaigns.