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13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment is an important event because it's what marks the end of the Civil War and it abolishes slavery -
Supreme Court Rules That Literacy Test Are Constitutional
This event is when the Supreme Court decides that the literacy test they used to take before voting was decided to be constitutional -
Supreme Court Declares" Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional
This is the event is important because this is when the Supreme Court declared/decided that the Grandfather Clause was unconstitutional.The grandfather clause was that you couldn't vote id your grandfather was a slaved -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is important because this amendment granted the right for women to vote too.It gave them the right to vote like men. Now women and men can vote it was a very big step for the country -
Supreme Court Rules that Poll Taxes are Constitutional
This is an important event because it impacted the country, this is when the Supreme Court decided that Poll taxes were constitutional.This meant that people that were going to vote had to poll taxes -
24th Amendment
This event is important because it was the 24th Amendment that outlawed poll taxes. This is important because people that are going to vote don't have to pol taxes anymore -
Freedom Summer
This event is really important because it was an attempt to register African-American to vote in Mississippi -
Voting Right Act
This is an important event because it banned racial and ethnic discrimination in elections
