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Title: 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

4
Civil War Amendments
  • 15th Amendment (1870)
  • Suffrage to all men
  • Roadblocks
  • Black Codes Jim Crow laws
  • - Poll taxes, literacy tests, property
    requirements, Grandfather clause

5
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
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