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Voting Civil Rights
Voting Rights & Civil Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| 15th amendment | expanded voting rights to all men, regardless of race |
| 19th amendment | expanded voting rights to women |
| 24th amendment | made poll taxes to vote illegal |
| 26th amendment | lowered the voting age to 18 |
| civil disobedience | peacefully disobeying the law in protest |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | made all discrimination & segregation illegal |
| Civil Rights Act of 1968 | prohibited discrimination in housing |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | enforced the right to vote in the 14th & 15th amendments |
| Equal Rights Amendment | proposed change to the Constitution to guarantee women equal rights |
| immigrant | someone who comes to another country to live there |
| alien | a resident from a different country who has not become a citizen by naturalization |