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Gave African Americans the right to vote. This was done to prevent the southern states from discriminating African Americans through loopholes that did not break the law. -
Gave women their right to vote. This was passed to satisfy the demands of women protesting for their right to vote. -
Prohibited the use of poll taxes. This further prevented southern discrimination of African Americans and stopped another loophole states used to get around the 15th Amendment. -
A movement started and supported by multiple groups, which ended in tragedy when the Ku Klux Klan violently confronted the group. This helped bring more attention to the civil rights movement and even played a part in the creation of the voting rights act.
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Required citizens to be 18 years or older in order to vote. This was made as a result of complaints from young americans who questioned the idea that they could be drafted and fight in a war but could not vote, during the Vietnam War. -
This prevents the discrimination of disabled people. (EX: people with autism, down syndrome, those who have missing body parts, such as arms or legs, and those who possess genetical mutations that limits their capabilities in day to day life) It also grants disabled people certain benefits that can help them achieve their goals, succeed in education, in the workforce and life in general, while improving the quality of their lives.
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