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Fighting for Voting Rights in the South

Fighting for Voting Rights in the South. 15 th Amendment. Ratified in 1870 Granted African Americans the right to vote Right denied by… Intimidation Literacy Tests: Test A.A. had to pass to vote Poll Taxes: Tax A.A. had to pay to vote. Movement for the Vote.

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Fighting for Voting Rights in the South

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  1. Fighting for Voting Rights in the South

  2. 15th Amendment • Ratified in 1870 • Granted African Americans the right to vote • Right denied by… • Intimidation • Literacy Tests: Test A.A. had to pass to vote • Poll Taxes: Tax A.A. had to pay to vote

  3. Movement for the Vote • Freedom Summer—SNCC voter drive in Mississippi • Selma Campaign—Campaign in Alabama

  4. Voting Legislation • Voting Rights Act of 1965—Outlawed the literacy test • 24th Amendment—Banned the poll tax

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