Voting Rights

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    The end of the civil war and the 13th amendment abolishes slavery
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    15th amendment gives minority males the right to vote
  • Racist Voting Laws

    Racist Voting Laws
    Many states pass laws to take voting rights away from African Americans
  • Literacy Tests

    Literacy Tests
    Supreme Court rules that literacy tests are Constitutional
  • Grandfather Clause

    Grandfather Clause
    Supreme Court declares Grandfather Clause unconstitutional
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    19th Amendment gives women the right to vote
  • Poll Taxes

    Poll Taxes
    Supreme Court rules that poll taxes are constitutional
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    24th Amendment outlaws poll taxes
  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer
    Freedom summer was an attempt to register African-Americans to vote in Mississippi
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    The Voting Rights Act bans racial and ethnic discrimination in elections