the constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
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Yes, amendment is a noun, both the process and the document. An amendment is a change, and is usually a written statement as with the US Constitution.
It is not an amendment in the US Constitution that says 'all men are created equal'. It is in the opening statement of the Declaration of Independence.
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870. The last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," it prohibits the government from denying the right to vote to any citizen for reasons of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
That would surely be the tenth amendment to the Constitution, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Michael Montagne
The US Constitution makes no such statement. It is not true that everyone can vote- there are restrictions based on age, ability to establish proof of citizenship, prior registration, etc. The 15th amendment says that race or color can not be a restriction against voting. The 19th amendment says that sex can not be used as a voting condition.