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Voting Rights
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13th ammendment
The 13th amendment is important because it abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in all American states. It ended a moral wrong in this country of looking at people as property, it also helped to push an understanding of equality between blacks and whites. It was small step but an important one. -
15th ammendment
The 15th amendment increased voting rights by preventing no one from voting due to "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" It ensured that every eligible American voted. -
Laws to take voting rights from African Americans
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Supreme court rules that literacy tests are constitutional
In my opinion this event made voting rights decrease because not every person that wanted to vote could pass the literacy test. I dont think this event was important because a score you get on a test really has nothing to do with voting. -
Grandfather Clause
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19th Amendment
The 19th amendment had a big effect on voting rights because it gave women the right to vote. After the 19th amendment was passed voting rights increased by a lot because women were now able to vote. -
Poll taxes are constitutional
This event allowed any adult male whose father or grandfather had voted in a specific year prior to the 13th amendment to vote without paying the tax. These laws lead to the desired affect of taking away African American rights and Native American voters as well as poor whites who immigrated after the year specified. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment increased voting rights because It banned poll taxes, allowing blacks and poor citizens to vote. -
Freedom Summer
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Voting Rights Act
The voting rights act was important because it bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local government.
