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1 Extending the Bill of Rights

2 Civil War Amendments 13 th Amendment (1865) Abolished slavery

3 Civil War Amendments 14 th Amendment (1868) Defines US citizens Guarantees equal protection of the laws

4 Civil War Amendments 15 th Amendment (1870) Suffrage to all menRoadblocks Black Codes & Jim Crow laws: - Poll taxes, literacy tests, property requirements, Grandfather clause

5 Voting Rights and Elections 17 th Amendment (1913) Direct election of senators

6 Voting Rights and Elections 19 th Amendment (1920) Women suffrage

7 Voting Rights and Elections 23 rd Amendment (1961) Right to vote to residents of Washington, DC

8 Voting Rights and Elections 24 th Amendment (1964) Abolishes poll taxes

9 Voting Rights and Elections 26 th Amendment (1971) Lowers voting age from 21 to 18

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