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How did former slaves get the right to vote?

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Constitution is amended to guaratee former slaves the right to vote?

1870


What year was the constitution amended to guarantee former slaves the right to vote?

1870


Which Amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote?

The 5th ammendment


In 1870 former black male slaves obtained the right to vote but what about blacks who were not slaves prior to that year?

in 1870 black African American slaves was able to vote


What best describes President Johnson's views on granting former slaves the right to vote?

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Why does Douglass say that liberty is a mockery for former slaves if they do not have the right to vote?

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Did blacks had the right to vote first?

Yes. Black male former slaves received the right to vote in 1870. Women fought for the same right until it was granted in 1920. but when did the blacks actually vote


Which groups were permitted for the first time by the 15th Amendment the right to vote?

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. Basically allowed the former slaves to vote and also people of any race, color and also any former slaves. this allowed immigrants to vote, as well as Native Americans to vote.


After the civil war this group was given the franchise?

Freed former slaves received the right to vote.


When did slaves get the right to vote?

In simple words 1870slaves, as such, never did get the right to vote. But at the close of the Civil War they were all formally freed under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (Bill of Rights), which abolished slavery in 1865. Former slaves were then granted the right to vote in 1870, under the 15th Amendment, which decreed that the right to vote could not be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.


Who got to vote as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Former Male Slaves


What action gave former enslaved people the right to vote?

The 15th amendment gave former enslaved people the right to vote