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  • Period: to

    After the Civil war

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    It guaranteed the right to vote to all male citizens regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    gives women the right to vote
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    no one can be denied the right to vote in federal elections because they can't afford to pay a poll tax
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    It was enacted to ensure the 15th Amendment's guarantee that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race,
  • 26th Amendment

    26th  Amendment
    Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
  • Federal Election Campaign Act

    Federal Election Campaign Act
    Regulates Campaign Finance