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voting rights
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13th amendment
The 13th amendment is important because it brought freedom to colored skin people. The right to own a slave was over. -
15th amendment
The 15th amendment is important because all men were given the right to vote. Now white and colored people were both able to vote. -
laws to take voting rights from African-Americans
This event is important because it lead to many other big events.For example multiple boycotts a group of African Americans had created. -
supreme court rules that literacy tests are constitutional
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supreme court declares "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional
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19th amendment
The 19th amendment is important because it gave both gender equal rights to vote. Now women and men can both vote. -
supreme court rules that poll taxes are constitutional
Poll taxes are important because it was something necessary you needed to pay n order to cast any of your votes. -
24th amendment
This amendment is important because it leads up later on to the poll tax. -
freedom summer
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voting rights act
The voting rights act is important because president Lyndon Johnson signed the law. Giving African-Americans to exercise their votes.
