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1776 North Carolina Constitution
This allowed for white men to vote on a local level. -
Seneca Falls Convention
This was the first womens rights movements. Held in New York. -
15th admendment
This made it where you couldnt keep people from voting based of race, color, or for being a freed slave. -
Jim Crow Laws
This made it nearly imposible for freed slaves and their childern to vote. Poll taxes: most african americans had very little money preventing them from voteing. Literacy tests: most african americans couldnt read or write. Grandfather clase: if your grandfather voted then you could but no african americans grandfather could vote. -
17th Admendment
This gave the current term limits for senetors and base how they would be elected. aswell as made it to where the people directly elect senetors. -
19th admendment
Made it where eligible citizens could vote regardless of gender. -
Indian Citizenship Act
This gave the "Indians"(Native Americans) full citizenship. -
23rd Admendment
Gave resedents of the district of columbia the right to vote for presedent. -
24th Admendment
This made poll taxes illegal. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Made it so that elections at local levels were protected from poll taxes and literacy tests. -
26th Admendment
lower the legal voting age to 18 from 21 on the basis that if you were old egnough to fight then you are old egnought to vote.
