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Amendments in the Constitution that covered the Civil Rights of People

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352559133Amendment 13Ratified in 1865. Abolition of Slavery throughout the U.S. and all territories.
352559134Amendment 14Ratified in 1868. Right of Citizens: defined who a citizen was either through naturalization or birth.
352559135Amendment 15Ratified in 1870. Black Suffrage: rights to vote cannot be denied regardless of previous conditions of servitude.
352559136Amendment 17Ratified in 1913. Direct Election of Senators: people from the states vote and not legislature.
352559137Amendment 19Ratified in 1920. Women's Suffrage: granted women the right to vote in federal elections.
352559138Amendment 23Ratified in 1961. D.C. Suffrage: residents of Washington D.C. able to vote for president.
352559139Amendment 24Ratified in 1964. Elimination of Poll Tax: illegal to charge a tax to people to vote.
352559140Amendment 26Ratified in 1971. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
352559141Civil RightsThe rights guaranteed to all U.S. citizens.
352559142SuffrageThe right to vote.
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