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The 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote -
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
An Act of the United States Congress that granted US citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States. -
kept limited immigration based on ethnicity, but made allowances in the quotas for persons displaced by WWII and allowed increased immigration of European refugees. -
Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for officials. -
a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
A court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population -
federal laws enacted to protect the rights of United States citizens to vote in federal elections while they are serving in the uniformed services or residing overseas.
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prohibits racial discrimination in voting. outlawed policies in the south used to prevent minority voters from having a say. -
The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age.