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13th amendment
end of the civil war -
Period: to
The evolution of voting rights
the span from 1865 to 1965 -
15th amendment
give minority males the right to vote -
law takes voting right from African americans
south states reject African Americans -
1898
supreme court rules literacy tests constitutional -
1915
the supreme court declares grandfather clause unconstitutional -
19th amendment
grants the right to vote for women -
1937
supreme court rules the poll taxes constitutional -
24th amendment
outlaws poll taxes -
1964
freedom summer is an attempt to register Africans to vote in Mississippi -
voting rights act
bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections