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Voting Rights Act
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End Of The Civil War and 13th Amendment Abolishes Slavery
This is important because this was the start of everything. This was the beginning to the Voting Rights Act. -
15th Amendment Gives Minority Males The Right To Vote
This is important because people were just beginning to give minorities the right to vote. This started to get the ideas into people's heads and gave them a side to stand on for this epidemic. -
Many Southern States Pass Laws To Take Voting Rights From African-Americans
This is important because this is when people on each side started to take action. Either it be by protesting or by passing laws to make sure African-Americans couldn't vote. -
Supreme Court Rules That Literacy Tests Are Constitutional
This is important because it made people begin to think what was going on was wrong (if they were on the opposite side to start with) and made people want to make a change even more. -
Supreme Court Declares "Grandfather Clause" Unconstitutional
This is important because it was one of the first steps in the right direction towards the Voting Rights Act. -
19th Amendment Grants The Right To Vote To Women
This is important because now rather than only males being able to vote, women are now also able to and it brought in more people to the cause. -
Supreme Court Rules That Poll Taxes Are Constitutional
This is important because even though it seems like a step backwards it made people want to state their side and win even more. -
24th Amendment Outlaws Poll Taxes
This is important because now people who didn't have the money for taxes were now able to vote and put themselves on either side of the cause. -
Freedom Summer Is An Attempt To Register African-Americans To Vote In Mississippi
This is important because it was one of the first tries to get people to allow African-Americans to vote. -
Voting Rights Act Bans Racial And Ethnic Discrimination In Elections
This is important because this is when all the hard work of people finally came through and everyone was able to vote. no matter gender or skin color.
