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Timeline voting rights AD

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    Post Civil War

  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    all women to vote
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections
  • Voting Rights Act

    piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
  • Federal Election Campaign Act

    Federal Election Campaign Act
    primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment
    Changed voting age to 18 years old