Ratified on 3 February 1870, it guaranteed the right of all American citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or previous state of slavery. In essence it gave former slaves the right to be involved in the most basic political liberty of the US.
The context for this amendment was that the 13th amendment providing genrally for the abolition of slavery and the 14th amendment did not necessarily provide for he right to vote. Because some of the Southern states designed 'Jim Crow' law to eiliminate the former slaves' right to vote.
the fifteenth amendment gave african americans the right to vote
It said:
the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color or previous condition of servitude."
however, its shortcomings included: women of any race still did not have the right to vote, and
african americans were tricked out of the vote through literacy laws and a poll tax which many former slaves did not have the money or education to pass or pay
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution stated that 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." This amendment granted African American men the right to vote, however, other means, such as poll taxes and literary tests, Southern states were able to keep them from voting.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
The 15th amendment guarantee's the right to vote without restrictions based on..for an example race.
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It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
The 15th amendment enabled blacks to vote.
it was the 15th amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment eliminated race as a restriction on voting.
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Women were not included in the 15th amendment. Back then women did not have as much right as men.
The 15th amendment guarantee's the right to vote without restrictions based on..for an example race.
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After the Civil War, the following amendments were adopted: The 13th Amendment- abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment- guaranteed equal protection and due process The 15th Amendment- guaranteed voting rights for African American men.