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We The People, Unit 5, Lessons 25
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| Civil Rights Movement | social movement in the 1950's & 1960's, people protested and demanded the federal government protect the rights of African Americans to vote as well as other unfair state laws |
| Civil War Amendments | passed after the Civil War, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, written to guarantee African Americans citizenship and the right to vote |
| Grandfather Clause | a state law, only people who had grandfather's who could vote were eligible to vote, it was written to stop African Americans from voting |
| Literacy Test | a state law, a person must prove that he or she is able to read and write before they can vote, it was written to stop African Americans from voting |
| Poll Tax | a state law, a person must pay a fee in order to vote, it was written to stop African Americans from voting |
| Register | sign up to vote on an official voting list, voter qualifications are checked and people can only vote once |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Voting Rights Act | 1965, protected the right to vote for all citizens, states must obey Constitution |
| Thirteenth Amendment | abolished slavery |
| Fourteenth Amendment | gave full citizenship to African Americans, people who are born in the U.S. or naturalized are citizens and no one can be treated differently by government |
| Fifteenth Amendment | government can't stop someone from voting because of race, color, or because they were a slave |
| Nineteenth Amendment | 1920, gave women the right to vote |
| Twenty-fourth Amendment | 1964, states can't charge poll taxes |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment | 1971, changed voting age from 21 to 18 |
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