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What impact have amendments and the civil rights act had on suffrage?
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Amendments made it possible for women and African Americans and other minorities to vote, and the civil rights act made it illegal to impose poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses on the voting offices.
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Which war led to the passage of civil rights amendments?
The civil war
Which of the civil war and reconstruction amendments has had the greatest impact impact on American history?
Fourteenth Amendment
How were African Americans given citizenship rights after the Civil?
With the Reconstruction Amendments
Which of the civil war and reconstruction amendments had the greatest impact on American history?
Fourteenth Amendment
What have the amendments to the US Constitution given?
Civil and individual rights for people and the protection of the law of the land.
What amendments are considered social amendments?
The Amendments are 7, 13, and 14. They deal with civil trial cases and the civil rights movement. *In a broader context, women's suffrage (19) could also qualify.
What amendment's fought for black peoples rights?
There are several amendments that fought for the rights of African Americans. Those amendments are: the13th amendment which abolished slavery, 14 which was the civil rights act, and 15 the black suffrage amendment.
This war led to the passage of civil rights amendments?
The Civil War led to the passage of some basic civil rights amendments. Notably, the 13th amendments freed the slaves from captivity.
What is part of the five stages in the history of voting rights?
The five stages in the history of voting rights include abolished religious qualifications, civil war amendments, women's suffrage, civil rights for black Americans and the rights for young Americans. This took place between 1800s and 1971.
What impact did Ida B. Wells have on the civil rights movement in the late 1800s?
she started the first black women's suffrage organization.
Do the civil rights come from the Bill of Rights?
no, the Civil Rights Amendments were the 13th, 14th, and 15th
What amendments extended civil rights?
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments extended civil rights and are frequently referred to as the Civil Rights Amendments.
Which war led to the passage of civil rights amendments?
The civil war
How many years passed between guaranteeing African Amercain males the right to vote and granting women suffrage?
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.
Are the first ten amendments are civil liberties or civil rights?
No, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. Amendments that address civil rights include the 13th, 14th, and 15th (which deal with the right of African-Americans to vote and be treated equally) and the 19th (which gives women the right to vote).
The Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments and serves to protect civil liberties?
civil rights
What is the key to all civil rights amendments and laws?
Enforcement
