Voting Rights

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    Voting Rights

  • 13Th amendment

    13Th amendment
    This event lead to every other event afterwards. Without this it is quite unlikely for any other events to have happened.
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    This event marked the day that minority males could indeed vote. This is important because that is a turning moment for our way of life now.
  • Laws to take voting rights from African-Americans

    Laws to take voting rights from African-Americans
    This event lead to the event Voting rights act. This is where the presidient outlawed discrimination in elections
  • Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are constitutional.

    Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are constitutional.
    This was important because it was the first law "providing the ball in the African American Reduced Voting Court" as one would say.
  • Supreme Court calls Grandfather clause uncostitutional.

    This shows that the supreme court aren't always right with their first choice. That is why this event in time is imortant.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    The 19th amendment is increasing the variety of voters in the U.S. This cannot be said for some other countries.
  • Supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional

    Supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional
    This event is important because later on this choice is reversed. That being said that shows that the supreme court can change their minds.
  • 24th ammendment

    24th ammendment
  • Freedom summer

  • Voting rights act