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Voting Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 year 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 |
| amendment | a change to a constitution (e.g., U.S. Constitution, Florida Constitution) |
| civil rights | the basic rights of citizens to be free from unequal treatment based on certain characteristics (e.g., race, gender, disability) |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | a federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin |
| Civil Rights 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 |
| discrimination | treating a person or group unfairly based on their race, religion, gender, disability, or other reasons |
| Equal Rights Amendment | a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing discrimination based on sex |
| literacy test | a written test used to decide whether or not someone was eligible to register vote |
| poll tax | a fee someone has to pay in order to vote |
| prohibit | to forbid or to not allow something |
| segregation | the separation of people, such as segregation based on race |
| 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 |
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