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The 15th amendment in 1870 gave then voting rights, although poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause(says u can't vote if your grandfather was a slave) prevented most blacks in the south from voting for many years after.
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African Americans gained true voting rights in America with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This legislation enforced the constitutional right to vote for all African Americans by prohibiting discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, that had been used to suppress their vote.
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What amendment made it legal for African American men to vote?
the voting rights act of 1965
When did American Center for Voting Rights end?
American Center for Voting Rights ended in 2007.
What year were African American women allowed to vote in Washington?
The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.
What gave freedom citizenship and voting rights to African Americans?
The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the US Constitution gave citizenship and voting rights to African-Americans.
When did African Americans get there voting rights?
15th ammement
What did NOT restrict voting rights of African American's after 1867?
sharecropping=)
Which of the measure did radical republicans support?
The Radical Republicans supported the measure to ensure voting rights for African Americans.
Who benefited on the voting rights act of 1965?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major step forward in Civil Right for African-American. Although the won the right to vote with the 14th Amendment, the VRA helped end racial discrimination in voting.
What measures did radical republican support?
Ensuring African American voting rights.
What does the 15th 19th and 26th amendment have in common?
They each give voting rights to groups previously not allowed to vote. 15-African American voting rights, 19-women's voting rights, 26- eighteen yr old voting rights.
Witch American argued for equal voting rights for all African-Americans?
Booker T. Washington fought for argued for equal voting rights for all African-Americans. He fought for equal education rights as well.
Gave freedom citizenship and voting rights to African American men after the Civil War?
reconstruction
What amendment made it legal for African American men to vote?
the voting rights act of 1965
What gave freedom citizenship and voting rights to African American men after the Civil War?
reconstruction
When did American Center for Voting Rights end?
American Center for Voting Rights ended in 2007.
What year were African American women allowed to vote in Washington?
The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an effort to ensure voting rights for?
African Americans
