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Expanding the Voting Rights
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15th Amendment
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February 3, 1870
Newly freed slaves were looking for equality and a place among society. During the time of Reconstruction Republicans took steps to help ensure their place in politics
The 15th Amendment prohibit discrimination against voters on the basis of race or previous condition of servitude
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Poll Tax and Literacy Tests
Poll Tax
Although the 15th Amendment had been passed states used a variety of ways to keep African American's from voting.
The poll tax was a special tax that was required to be paid in order for someone to be able to vote
Literacy Tests
Literacy tests were used to help exclude African Americans from the voting polls. However, whites found that literacy tests also would exclude large numbers of whites from becoming eligible voters since many whites could not read or write either
19th Amendment
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Ratification of 19th Amendment August 18, 1920
Granted American women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage.
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24th Amendment
Ratified January 23, 1964
A person cannot be denied the right to vote because of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
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26th Amendment
Ratification July 1971
lowered the minimum age for the military draft age to 18, at a time when the minimum voting age
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act 1965
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.
States no longer held individual power to obstruct any citizens right to vote