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The 15th amendment affected all citizens . It affected African American women because they COULD NOT VOTE , and Africans American men because, now they can vote and also Native Americans becuase they can't vote because the 14th amen ts saying there not nautaled there

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it gave people the right to vote for who they want to be protected by.

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It was first discussed in 1868 under President Ulysses S. Grant; the proposed amendment was passed by Congress in 1869, and ratified by the states in 1870.

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The 15th Amendment is very important. It prohibits denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (i.e slavery.)

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The constitutional amendment passed after the Civil War that guaranteed blacks the right to vote. This amendment affected not only...

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The 15th Amendment was not important during the US Civil War. The amendment was passed in 1870.


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