The persistent violence against Blacks and voting sent a message to the Republican Party. They passed the 15th amendment to the US Constitution barring race as a test for voting. The amendment said nothing about a state's right to determine requirements for voting other than race. This was a loophole that southern states would exploit for many decades to limit Black voting.
No, jim crow laws took rights away .
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
February 3rd, 1870.
Poll taxes and literacy tests
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment.
With the addition of the fifteenth amendment in 1870. That was almost 50 years before women were allowed to vote!
fifteenth amendment
The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
1870
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, but more work was needed to ensure that African American citizens had equal rights. The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment gave African American men the right to vote, although the law was not upheld in all states.
the 14th amendment gave african american a citizenship and the 15th amendment it banned states from denying the vote to african americans
the 14th amendment gave african american a citizenship and the 15th amendment it banned states from denying the vote to african americans
the 14th amendment gave african american a citizenship and the 15th amendment it banned states from denying the vote to african americans
It gave African American men the right to vote, but ignored the rights of women.
African-Americans were able to vote.
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
It gave African American men the right to vote, but ignore the rights of women.