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VOTING RIGHTS

  • 13th amendment 1865

    13th amendment 1865
    This event leads to all the other events involving slaver and voting. Without this amendment nothing would be changed.
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    this amendment gave way to the amendments that tried to stop the African american vote
  • Laws to take away voting rights from africans

    Laws to take away voting rights from africans
    This event is important because it case the drama to have the other events
  • SUPREME COURT rules literacy tests banned

    SUPREME COURT rules literacy tests banned
  • SUPREME COURT grandfather clause

    SUPREME COURT grandfather clause
    This was a huge turning point for slaves. It allowed many of them to vote.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment
    This amendment granted the right for women to vote. It still exists today.
  • Supreme court rules poll taxes are constitutinal

    Supreme court rules poll taxes are constitutinal
    The supreme court ruled that poll taxes are constitutional. The states that taxed this were in the right.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    This outlaws poll taxes fro being unconstitutional, and it was wrong to charge people to vote when they already had the right.
  • Freedom Summer

  • Voting rights act