13th Amendment And 15th Amendment

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The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments got rid of discrimination in the way of slavery, but not treatment. January 23, 1964, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment was ratified. This amendment was passed to get rid of the injustices that prevented citizens from voting. The poll tax was eliminated because of this amendment.
The reason that poll taxes needed to be terminated is that it stopped not only low-class citizens from voting but blacks too. The Supreme Court has made it possible for everyone to vote, regardless of their pay. This amendment was passed states that any citizen that is 18 years or older should be able to vote for and primary or other election in the United States. No one would be denied by the United States or any individual

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