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15th Amendment
The 15th amendment was passed to protect voting rights of African Americans. Even though African Americans were aloud to vote there were many ways to block them from voting so there were a lot more steps after this amendment.
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19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was implimented to grant women the right to vote. This act made it so that any sex/gender were able to take vote. https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/19th-amendment-1#:~:text=March%2022%2C%201984.-,What%20Is%20the%2019%20Amendment%3F,this%20article%20by%20appropriate%20legislation.%E2%80%9D -
Alice Paul
alice paul a women, advocated and speaked on the expansion of the right for women to vote. She wanted equal rights for women to vote and fought for it which help persuade the 19th amendment. She spent the remainder of her life advocating for women. -
Indian Citizenship Act
This act was placed for granted access to any native Americans born in the united states. It was signed into law by President Calvin. This law was passed to make all Americans equal no matter what skin color or race https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-02/#:~:text=to%20this%20page-,Indian%20Citizenship%20Act,barred%20Native%20Americans%20from%20voting. -
McCarran-Walter Act
This act kept a limit on immigration based on the ethnicity of the person. Only allowing certain people from every racial group in the US. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/immigration-act -
24th Amendment
This amendment prohibits poll tax. Every indivisual has the right to vote at any primary voting center for their president. This act was passed so all could vote and their was no boundaries. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Twenty-fourth-Amendment -
26th Amendment
Anyone 18 or older has the right to vote and not be denied. They felt men fought for their country and had the right to vote. https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt26-1/ALDE_00001015/#:~:text=Amendment%2C%20Congressional%20Compensation-,Amdt26.,Amendment%2C%20Reduction%20of%20Voting%20Age&text=Section%201%3A,State%20on%20account%20of%20age. -
Americans With Disabilites Act
This act help pass more accesible voting circumstances for ameriucans with disabilities. Voting machines where created at ground level so all Americans with disabilities https://www.ada.gov/ -
Help America Vote Act
Help America To Vote Act was designed to make sweeping reforms to the voting process of the nation. It was designed to reverse devling voter registration. https://www.eac.gov/about_the_eac/help_america_vote_act.aspx -
Military and Overseas Empowerment Act
This act was created to help military and other personal who lived overseas help vote for our country more easily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_and_Overseas_Voter_Empowerment_Act