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The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen suffrage based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery). It was ratified on February 3, 1870.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution )
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When blacks were given the right to vote did their vote count as a fraction of a vote?
Yes, Congress counted blacks as 1 third of a person
How many states gave blacks the right to vote?
ALL
Which best represents the view of the Southern delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
Blacks should be given the right to vote.
Constitutional amendment guaranteeing blacks the right to vote?
14th amendment i think
Why did Whites try to Take Voting Rights Away from Blacks?
because the white thought that if you were not white you have NO right to vote
What is the xv amendment of the US?
giving blacks the right ot vote
Who gains civil rights in the US after blacks?
Women were given the right to vote in 1920.
When blacks were given the right to vote did their vote count as a fraction of a vote?
Yes, Congress counted blacks as 1 third of a person
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
What right did the fifteenth amendment give to the blacks?
the right to vote
What year did blacks vote legally in the US?
1965
What is voting population of US by race?
the majority of blacks vote democrat the majority of whites vote republican hispanics are not as clean cut as blacks but the majority vote democrat
How many states gave blacks the right to vote?
ALL
What was one of the successes of the Reconstruction era?
Blacks had the right to vote.
What measures were taken to discourge the blacks from exercising the right to vote?
Theats
When did blacks get the right to vote in Canada?
There has been discrimaination, much of it, in who has & has not had the rights to vote in UK, but it has never at anytime been based on anyones skin colour. So if you had a vote it has never been based on whether or not you are not white.
Which state led the way in depriving blacks of their right to vote in the 1890s?
Mississippi
