-
Period: to
Voting Rights
-
13th Amendment
Slavery is abolished -
15th Amendment
Minorities get voting rights. -
laws to limit voting rights of african americans
Jim Crow laws and other methods such as the grandfather clause. -
Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are constitutional.
-
Grandfather Clause ruled unconstitutional.
It no longer matters if your grandfather could vote. -
19th Amendment
Votes for women. -
Poll taxes ruled unconstitutional
-
Poll taxes made illegal by 24th amendment
-
Freedom Summer
An attempt to help people register to vote, leading to murders. -
Voting rights Act
Racial discrimination is now illegal.
