Extending the Bill of Rights

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Extending the Bill of Rights
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Civil War Amendments

• 13th Amendment (1865)
• Abolished slavery

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Civil War Amendments

• 14th Amendment (1868)
• Defines US citizens
• Guarantees equal protection of the laws

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Civil War Amendments

• 15th Amendment (1870)
• Suffrage to all men
• Roadblocks
• Black Codes Jim Crow laws
• - Poll taxes, literacy tests, property
  requirements, Grandfather clause

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Voting Rights and Elections

• 17th Amendment (1913)
• Direct election of senators

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Voting Rights and Elections

• 19th Amendment (1920)
• Women suffrage

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Voting Rights and Elections

• 23rd Amendment (1961)
• Right to vote to residents of Washington, DC

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Voting Rights and Elections

• 24th Amendment (1964)
• Abolishes poll taxes

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Voting Rights and Elections

• 26th Amendment (1971)
• Lowers voting age from 21 to 18