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Voting Rights
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13th Ammendment
This event is important because it allows all races to be equal. -
15th Ammendment
This is important because it later changes the voting rights so it will be equal for all genders and races. -
Laws to take voting rights from African Americans
This is important because later in the year the African Americans try and change this between voting -
Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are constitutional
This is impotant because it says that African-Americans still have to take a hard test, still depending on their race -
Supreme Court declares "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional
This is importanat becasue it requires their grandfathers to vote. Most African- American grandparents were slaves. -
19th Amendment
This is important cause women are allowed to finally vote. -
Freedom summer
This is important because African-Americans can register to vote in Mississippi. -
24th ammendment
This is important because it outlaws poll taxes so that not every person has to pay taxes only big companies. -
Voting Rights Act
This is important becasue there is no rasicum in elections.
