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13 th Amendment—Ends slavery
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
14 th Amendment—Gives citizenship
All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the
State wherein they reside.
15 th Amendment—Gives right to vote
The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

exodusters leave for
Kansas ; lynching increases in South
Black citizens begin to be segregated from whites
;
“
Jim Crow
” becomes way of life in the south. Supreme Court declares “separate but equal” legal in
1898 case Plessy v. Ferguson
Southern state legislatures adopted poll taxes , instituted grandfather clauses , or required citizens to pass literacy tests in order to be able to vote.
These voting restrictions were all loopholes, or legal ways to get around the 15 th amendment because they did not say
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