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how did the fifteenth amendment and the 1960s civil rights laws extend voting rights to more Americans

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The Fifteenth Amendment was the first step in granting full voting rights to African Americans. However, Jim Crow laws created more restrictions to these rights. With the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the Fifteenth Amendment was enforced as voting restrictions were removed.

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This allowed anyone to be able to vote no matter war race they were and made sure no one stopped someone from voting because of this.
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