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13th Amendment
It's important, because war brings damage -
15th Amendment
Everyone have a right to vote -
laws to take voting rights from African-American
The right to vote does not depend on skin color -
Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are constitutional
Test is used to the most correct -
Supreme Court declares "Grandfather Clause" unconstitutional
A grandfather clause is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases. Those exempt from the new rule are said to have grandfather rights or acquired rights. -
19th Amendment
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Supreme Court rules that poll taxes are constitutional
In the United States, payment of a poll tax was a prerequisite to the registration for voting in a number of states -
24th Amendment
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Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer (also known as the Mississippi Summer Project) was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi, which had historically excluded most blacks from voting. The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools, Freedom Houses, and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population. -
Voting Rights Act
