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End of the civil war and 13th amendment abolishes slavery
This event is important because all the slaves get freedom. The civil war get to the end helping a lot people. -
15th Amendment gives minority males the right to vote
This event is an important step to get everyone to get the right to vote. The 15th amendment is the first step of the voting rights. -
Many southern states pass laws to take voting rights from-Americans
The promises of these new laws, the former slaves and their descendants, along with other racial and ethnic minorities, did not receive equal treatment under the law. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state governments could separate people of different races as long as the separate facilities were equal. -
Supreme court rules that literacy tests are constitutional
The supreme court rules that literacy test are constitutional and thanks to that denies the right to vote to a lot people. The test had not a right answers or wrong answers it was just discrimination. -
Supreme court declares "Grandfather Clause" Unconstitutional
The Grandfather Clause was a statute enacted by many American southern states in the wake of Reconstruction that allowed potential white voters to circumvent literacy tests, poll taxes, and other tactics designed to disenfranchise southern blacks. -
19th Amendment grants the right to vote to women
This even was important because now women have the power to choose who they want as a president. Now the rights are equal. -
Supreme court rules that poll taxes are unconstitunional
This event will help everyone to vote because now they did not have to pay to vote. Now vote is right for the majority. -
24th Amendment outlaws poll taxes
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Freedom summer is an attempt to register African-American to vote in Misssissippi
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Voting Rights Act bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections
