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The US Constitution was fully ratified on May 29, 1790.

The US Constitution is a document that has all the laws written down on it. Its the Law of the United States of America.

The US Constitution did increase voting rights with all the amendments that helped voting.

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Seneca Falls Convention was created on July 19 to 20, 1848.

The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's convention. It was made to fight for the social,civil, and religious rights of women.

This increased voting rights because it helped increase the voting rights for women. More women voting means more voting in general.

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The Jim Crow Laws began as early as 1865

The Jim Crow Laws made racial segregation mandatory in public spaces.

This decreased voting rights because places with larger population of African American people had their voting rights suppressed .

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The Black Codes were established in 1865 and 1866.

Black Codes were laws that were made to limit the freedom of African Americans. They did this to ensure that African Americans were able to still do cheap labor.

This Black Codes did change the voting rights. One of the reasons this law was passed was to decrease the chances of African Americans voting.

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The 13th Amendment was ratified on December 6, 1865.

This Amendment finally abolished slavery for good. No one African American could every be enslaved in the United States.

This would in the long run increase voting rights because African Americans would eventually be able to vote.

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The National American Women’s Suffrage Association was created on May 15, 1869.

The National American Women's Suffrage Association was created to help advocate for women suffrage.

Due to this association states started to allow women suffrage.

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The 15th Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870.

This amendment stopped the federal and state government from denying citizens of any race,sex, or previous condition to vote. No government had the power to deny a citizen due to their skin color or gender.

This increased the voting rights because now people of all color and gender could vote without being denied. Voting wise they weren't being discriminated.

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The 17th Amendment was ratified in April 8, 1913.

This amendment allowed voters to cast votes for the senators. Before this amendment was passed senators were chosen by state legislatures.

This increased voting rights allowing people to vote for senators now.

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The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920

The 19th Amendment got rid of gender discrimination in voting. No citizen of the United States should be denied to vote because of their gender.

This increased voting rights this made it so women could legally vote.

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The Indian Citizenship Act was created on June 2, 1924

This act gave all Native Americans born in the U.S citizenship. Not all states allowed them to vote.

This increased voting rights by granting Native Americans born in the U.S citizenship but not all states allowed it.

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The 23rd Amendment was ratified on March 29, 1961.

The 23rd Amendment helps the residents of Columbia, by extending the right to vote in the presidential election. They did that by granting the District electors in the electoral college acting as if it were a state.

The 23rd Amendment did increasing the voting rights by extending the right to vote.

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The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868.

This amendment grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States even if they were previously enslaved. This amendment also gives all citizens equal protection under the law.

This amendment did not change voting rights. African American people were granted citizenship and equal protection under the law but they were still denied the rights to vote in some way.

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The 24th Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1964.

This amendment stopped the federal and state government from putting taxes on voting polls. They no longer had the rights to put payments on any federal election.

Yes this increased voting rights. Citizens no longer have to pay to vote which increased the voting count.

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Freedom Summer was founded on June 14, 1964.

The Freedom Summer was a campaign that tried to register as much African Americans they can in Mississippi.

Freedom Summer increased the amount of African American registered votes.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was published on July 2, 1964.

This act prohibited the discrimination of people just because of their skin color, gender, or the nationality they were born in. Its a landmark civil rights and labor law.

This would increase voting rights because anyone would be able to vote now without being denied due to their gender or race.

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The Selma March started on January 2, 1965.

The Selma March happened to ensure that African American's could use their right to vote. It was 3 protest held on the 54 mile highway in Selma, Alabama.

The Selma March was a important turning point for voting rights. Due to the Selma March the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was introduced.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created on August 6, 1965.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 got rid of race based restrictions on voting. It prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

This increased voting rights because it decreased discrimination in voting when it comes to race.

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The 26th Amendment was ratified on July 1, 1971.

This amendment allowed citizens who are 18 to not be denied to vote. Allowing people who are 18 to vote.

This increased the voting rights because more people had the availability to vote due to the decrease in age limit.