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13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment was important because it created a constitutional amendment that banned slavery in all of the American states. -
15th amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is important because it guarantees voting rights to all American males of all races. -
Voting for African-Americans
This is important because it gave African-Americans the right to vote. -
Literacy Test
Back then literacy tests were okay because they were trying to make less people vote. -
Grandfather Clause
Grandfather clause allowed potential white voters to circumvent literacy tests, poll taxes, and other tactics designed to disenfranchise southern blacks. -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment is a very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920. -
Poll Taxes
Poll taxes enacted in Southern states between 1889 and 1910 had the effect of disenfranchising many blacks as well as poor whites, because payment of the tax was a prerequisite for voting. -
24th amendment
The 24th amendment is important because African Americans in the South faced significant discrimination and could not vote for elected officials that would work to end the discrimination. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer is a term invented after these events occurred. At the time, participants usually called it the Mississippi Summer Project. -
Voting Rights Act
This is important because it is what said everyone can vote no matter what as long as our above 18.
