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15th Amendment (1870): Prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude,” effectively giving Black men the right to vote.Indian Citizenship Act (1924): Granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans, but many states still restricted their voting rights until later legal challenges.McCarran-Walter Act (1952): Allowed Asian immigrants to become U.S. citizens and vote.Voting Rights Act (1965): Prohibited racial discrimination in voting, banned literacy tests, and gave the federal government power to oversee voter registration in states with a history of discrimination.Bilingual Election Requirements (1975): Expanded the Voting Rights Act to require bilingual ballots in areas with significant non-English-speaking populations.24th Amendment (1964): Banned poll taxes in federal elections, which had been used to suppress Black and poor voters.Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966): The Supreme Court ruled that poll taxes in state elections were unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.19th Amendment (1920): Granted women the right to vote nationwide after decades of activism from the suffrage movement.Mississippi Ratifies the 19th Amendment (1984): Mississippi was the last state to officially ratify the amendment, even though women had already been voting for decades.26th Amendment (1971): Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, largely in response to protests during the Vietnam War, where young men argued that if they were old enough to be drafted, they should also be able to vote.Motor Voter Act (1993):Also known as the National Voter Registration Act, this law made voter registration easier by allowing people to register when applying for or renewing a driver’s license. It also required states to offer mail-in registration and made it easier for people to stay registered when they moved.
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