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15th Amendment
The 15th amendment entailed that the right to vote can not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition. Meaning African American men gained the right to vote. Immediately after the 15th amendment was ratified African Americans began to start running for office and voting.
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19th Amendment
Women were granted the right to vote. This took a lot of time for women to achieve this hard-fought victory. This amendment is also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment; she was an advocate for women's rights.National Archives -
Indian Citizenship Act
An all-inclusive act that provides all Native Americans born in the U.S. territory citizenship. This was implemented after the Civil War and before the Civil War citizenship to Native Americans was limited.
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The McCarran-Walter Act
The McCarran-Walter act is also known as the Immigration and Nationality Act. It reformed some of the nation's discrimination in immigration laws. The act provided quotas for all nations. It did keep limited immigration based on ethnicity. Quotas did allow the immigration of many European refugees from WWII.
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24th Amendment
No more poll taxes. No citizen of the United States right to vote should be abridged in any way, in the case one can not pay poll tax.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created to overcome the obstacles at both the state and national government that prevented African Americans from exercising the freedom of the right to vote. This is under the 15th amendment to the U.S. constitution. This act is one the most life-changing civil rights act in history.
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26th Amendment
The voting age is 18 years and older. It was passed because men were old enough to be sent to war, and they wanted to have a say in who was sending them to war. It is written in this amendment that no one should be abridged the right to vote if 18 years of age or older.
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Motor Voter Law
The Motor Voter Law is also known as the National Voter Registration Act. It was created to make it easier for Americans to vote. More specifically it is voter registration requirements set forth for federal elections. Some requirements include some states to offer mail-in voting applications. It has also allowed Americans to register to vote when applying for a driver's license.
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Help America Vote Act
The Help America Vote Act, HAVA, was created to help states meet funding requirements and created many more requirements such as provisional voting, voting information, upgraded voting equipment, & statewide voter registration databases.
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Military and Overseas Empowerment Act
The Military and Overseas Empowerment Act, also known as the MOVE act, provides greater protection for the voting members of the armed forces and those who are living oversea-temporarily. It implies voters to request absentee ballots, and registration applications over technology and requires states to send absentee ballots no later than 45 days before the general election.
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