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15th Amendment passed
This granted African men the right to vote. However it also did NOT allow women to vote and that upset many people.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/15th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20February%2026,men%20the%20right%20to%20vote. -
19th amendment passed
This allowed women to vote. It was a big fight to get to this moment. It took many years of protest to get this to pass. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest. -
Indian citizen act
This granted citizenship to Native Americans although they couldn't vote. It would take many more years before they could vote. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-02/#:~:text=On%20June%202%2C%201924%2C%20Congress,barred%20Native%20Americans%20from%20voting. -
McCarran-Walter Act
This was another immigration limiting act. It was like the one from the early 1900's. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/immigration-act#:~:text=the%20full%20notice.-,The%20Immigration%20and%20Nationality%20Act%20of%201952%20(The%20McCarran%2DWalter,controversial%20system%20of%20immigrant%20selection. -
24th amendment passed
This made it so that governments couldnt have a poll tax. This allowed many more African Americans to vote.
https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2022/10/17/constitutional-amendments-series-amendment-xxiv-elimination-of-poll-taxes/#:~:text=Amendment%20Twenty%2Dfour%20to%20the,on%20voters%20during%20federal%20elections. -
26th amendment passed
This changed the voting age to 18 because young men were fighting and dying for a country that they couldn't vote in. https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2022/10/25/constitutional-amendments-series-amendment-xxvi-voting-at-the-age-of-eighteen/#:~:text=Amendment%20Twenty%2Dsix%20to%20the,years%20for%20the%20longest%20time. -
Americans with disability act passed
It was the worlds first civil rights law for disabled people. President bush was the president that signed it.https://www.archives.gov/calendar/ada25#:~:text=Signed%20on%20July%2026%2C%201990,Lawn%20of%20the%20White%20House. -
Motor Voter Law Passed
It sets voter regristration requirements. It is also known as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. https://www.justice.gov/crt/national-voter-registration-act-1993-nvra -
Help America Vote Passed
It created many more ways to vote. It upgraded the voting systems and more registration databases. https://www.eac.gov/about/help_america_vote_act.aspx -
Military and Overseas empowerment act
This allowed military and people overseas to vote. They used tech to do it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_and_Overseas_Voter_Empowerment_Act