Time Line: Voting Rights

By Kelly Sierra

  • Amendment #13

    Amendment #13
    At the end of the Civil war President Lincoln abolished salvery with the 13th amendment.

  • Amendment #15

    Amendment #15
    In 1869 amndment 15 gave the right to minorites to vote.

  • African American voting rights

    African American voting rights
    Southern states passed laws to take voting rights from African Americans

  • literacy tests

    literacy tests
    Supreme court ruled that literacy tests for voting are alright.

  • " Grandfather Clause" is unconstitutional

    " Grandfather Clause" is unconstitutional
    The year of 1915 the U.S supreme court declared the " Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional.

  • Amendment #19

    Amendment #19
    In 1920 the 19th amendment granted woman the right to vote.

  • Poll taxes

    Poll taxes
    In 1937 the U.S supreme courtdeclared that taxing people to vote is contitutional.

  • Amendment #24

    Amendment #24
    The U.S supreme court (in February) said that poll taxes aren't ok, and they outlawed it.

  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer
    Freedom Summer was meant to let African Americans vote in Mississippi in June.

  • Voting Rights Event

    Voting Rights Event
    The Voting Rights Act banned racial discriminations is elections towards African Americans.