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Can a State be punished for denying a citizen the right to vote?
putting it out of union
What is the fiveteenth amendment?
The fifteenth amendment is about voting. It prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote.
What rights did the 19 amendment give us?
The 19th amendment prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's sex.
Who got the right to vote because of the fifteenth amendment?
Slaves and ethnic minorities, stated as "The US Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 19th amaendment?
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the US Constitution prohibits each state and the Federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920.
What legal right is the fifteenth amendment and for what group of people?
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
A state can be punished for denying the right of any of its citizens to vote by?
The United States Constitutions posits that states which refuse to give the right to vote to any of its citizens can be denied representation in the House of Representatives. Yet, despite this clause within the Constitution, African-Americans were denied suffrage in the 1960's. This clause has never been enacted.
Why did the 15th amendment fail voting rights for African Americans?
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The reason that the 15th Amendment, passed in 1870, was partially unsuccessful was mostly Southern states failed to enforce it.
What king of rights are given to a citizen when traveling from one state to another?
The right of locomotion.
What was the Supreme course ruling that defended federal power by denying a state the right to tax a federal bank?
McCulloch v Maryland; implied powers
Why is our government called a representative state?
Becuse every citizen has a right to take part in government
How long did it take for women to get the right to vote?
In the United States, women were permanently granted the right to vote in 1920 but the 19th amendment, which prohibited state and federal agencies from denying someone the right to vote based on gender.
