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The 15th Amendment (1870) to the United States Constitution granted the right to suffrage (voting) to all males. Specifically, the use of color or being a prior slave could no longer legally be used to prevent the right to vote for African-American males.
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∙ 13y agoThe 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, says that the right to vote cannot be denied by race. The primary beneficiaries of this amendment were African-American men. African-American women did not gain voting rights until the Nineteenth Amendment (women's suffrage) was ratified in 1920.
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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.
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∙ 13y agoit was the 19th
women's voting rights- 1920
the right of citizens of the us to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the us or any state on account of sex. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
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∙ 13y agoThe 15th amendment made it so that race color and previous servitude did not affect whether you could vote or not
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African American males
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∙ 14y agoBlack Men.
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∙ 14y agoFalse
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Which amendment prohibited denial of the right to vote of race but not gender?
There wasn't any that only prohibited race. The right for blacks to vote came before the right for women to vote.
What gave America the right to intervene in Cuban affairs?
The Platt Amendment
What amendment are considered the civil war amendments?
the civil war amendments can be classified as the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. The 13th abolished slavery nation wide, the 14th gave slaves citizenship, and the 15th gave slaves voting rights (but only for males over 21)
What was the purpose of the thirteenth amendment fourteenth and fifteenth amendments added to the constitution after the civil war?
The 13 th outlawed slavery and indentured servitude The 14th far everyone citizenship no matter race or background And the 15th gave everyone the right to vote
What is the importance of the Platt Amendment?
it gave united states the right to intervene in cuba answered by daylon oliver
What amendment says the all citizens were able to vote?
The 15th amendment gave African Men the right to vote, and the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote.
Which amendent gave African Americans the right to vote?
the 15th amendment
Which amendment gives the right to vote to all male citizens?
The 15th Amendment gave all males the right to vote.
Which amendment to the U.S constitution gave African American men the right to vote?
The 15th amendment gave all men, of any color, the right to vote.
Which amendment to the U.S. constitution gave African-American men the right to vote...?
The 15th amendment gave all men, of any color, the right to vote.
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave African-American men the right to vote?
The 15th amendment gave all men, of any color, the right to vote.
Which constitution gave African American men the right to vote?
the 15th amendment did
What gave citizens the right to vote no matter race or color?
The 15th Amendment to the U.S Constitution gave all American males the right to vote.
The right to vote regardless of their race is provided in amendment?
It is the 13th amendment!- which gave voting rights to african amercan males, but the 15th amendment - states thet no citizen whom is a male can be denied the right to vote! so the answer is the 15th Amendment!
What action gave former enslaved people the right to vote?
The 15th amendment gave former enslaved people the right to vote
What do the terms of the fifteenth amendment suggest?
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gave the African Americans the right to vote.
What groups were against the 15th amendment?
Many women were because it didn't give them the right to vote. (The Fifteenth Amendment gave African American men the right to vote).
