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Does the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments extended the rights of African American?
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What civil rights were extended following the civil war?
The promulgation of the Fourteenth Amendment, that was effectively a bill of rights, guaranteed in 1866 the new black citizens their political and legal equality. In 1869 the Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment which stated that citizens' rights were not to be limited by "race, color or previous condition of servitude".
What measures most directly extended voting rights?
Several amendments. The 15, 19, 26 all extended voting rights.
What are the groups to whom voting rights were extended by various constitutional amendments?
Four different constitutional amendments extended voting rights to African-American men (and men of any other previously excluded races), women, citizens of the District of Columbia, and young people between the ages of 18 and 21:Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibited discrimination by race (applied primarily to African-American males), ratified in 1870.Nineteenth Amendment: Granted women's suffrage (right to vote), ratified in 1920.Twenty-third Amendment: Allowed citizens residing in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections, ratified in 1961.Twenty-sixth Amendment: Reduced the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, allowing younger people the right to vote, ratified in 1971.
Where did the American isolationism really extended to?
During the cold war the American isolationism really extended from the Soviet Union to Latin America. This trend has since changed.
Why was the Patriot Act passed and extended?
People were afraid after 9/11, so politicians took advantage of that fear and passed through a bill undermining the 1st and 4th amendments
What was the result of the Reconstruction Amendments (the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments)?
Slavery was abolished in voting rights were extended to all male citizens
What amendments are known as the reconstruction amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments because they gave citizenship rights and protections to African-Americans and were part of the project of Reconstruction (which was from 1865-1877).
Why did Reconstruction include the thirteenth Fourteenth and the Fifteenth Amendments?
because in my social studies book you learn about al
What amendment extended individual rights?
There are several amendments in the Constitution that establish individual rights. The first ten amendments, which are also known as the Bill of Rights guarantee personal liberty. In addition, the Fifteenth (the right to vote), Nineteenth( women's suffrage), twenty-fourth(extended suffrage) and twenty-sixth amendments(extended suffrage).
The individual freedoms in the Bill of Rights were extended by the Fourteenth Amendment to include?
to extend rights of state and local government.
How did thirteenth snd fourteenth amendments extend the civil rights of Americans?
it extended citizenship to formerly enslaved people
Which amendments extended individual rights?
The following amendments extended individual rights. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 14th amendments all extended individual rights.
Identify by number one amendment that extended civil rights including voting rights?
The Fifteenth Amendment specifies that all U.S. citizens have the right to vote. It was passed during Reconstruction, as one of a series of amendments that granted legal rights to African-Americans.
How many amendments deal with extended individual rights?
The first 10 in the bill of rights (1-10) and Amendments 13, 15, 19, 21, and 26. That is 15 total.
What was the significance of Hermandez v Texas?
It extended the fourteenth amendment protections to mexican americans
What civil rights were extended following the civil war?
The promulgation of the Fourteenth Amendment, that was effectively a bill of rights, guaranteed in 1866 the new black citizens their political and legal equality. In 1869 the Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment which stated that citizens' rights were not to be limited by "race, color or previous condition of servitude".
What measures most directly extended voting rights?
Several amendments. The 15, 19, 26 all extended voting rights.
