In 1870, the states passed the 15th amendment, the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments" This amendment stated the following.
Section 1. 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. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Just as quickly as the right to vote was given to African Americans, it was just as quickly adjusted throughout states in the South. Many states would begin to require literacy tests to vote. This would also be the time in American History when the Ku Klux Klan would emerge to intimidate voters and the Republican governments of the south.
they were not allowed to vote or hold office!
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
African Americans
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No, the 15th Amendment allowed all males to vote (the amendment was intended to allow African Americans to vote). Women could not vote (in most circumstances) until the 19th Amendment.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
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African Americans
they were not allowed to vote or hold office!
they were not allowed to vote or hold office!
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
The day that African Americans were allowed to vote is an important date. August 6th, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which allowed African Americans the right to vote.
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