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13th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that made slavery unconstitutional in the United States |
14th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that defines citizenship, grants citizenship to former slaves and defines voters as males at least 21 years of age |
15th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that makes it illegal for the federal or state governments to deny someone the right to vote based on their race |
19th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote |
24th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that made poll taxes illegal as a requirement for voting |
26th Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that lowered the minimum voting age to 18 |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | a federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin |
Civil Rights | the basic rights of citizens to be free from unequal treatment based on certain characteristics (e.g., race, gender, disability) |
Civil Right Act of 1968 | a federal law that prohibits discrimination related to the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, or sex |
discriminate | to treat a person or group unfairly based on their race, religion, gender, disability, or other reasons |
Civil Rights Amendment | a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing discrimination based on sex |
States Rights | a power or issue for individual states to determine |
suffrage | the right to vote |
Voting Rights Act of 1965 | a federal law that banned race discrimination in voting practices by federal, state, and local governments |