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Which amendment ensured voting rights for blacks in the South?
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15th amendment
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How did the fourthteenth amendment give blacks voting rights?
It was not the fourteenth amendment that specifically gave blacks voting rights. It is the 15th. The 14th gave citizenship and citizenship rights.
What rights outlawed barriers that prevented blacks from casting ballots?
The Voting Rights Act, signed in 1965, overcame the barriers that prevented blacks from voting. The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution denied federal and state governments from preventing citizens from voting but did not go far enough.
The Fourteenth Amendment dealt with voting rights for blacks by?
The Fourteenth Amendment dealt with voting rights for blacks by empowering Congress to reduce their representation if they failed to give all males, regardless of race, suffrage. The amendment reversed the court's prior stance in the Dred Scott decision by identifying black people as citizens of the United States and therefore, entitled to all of the rights of citizenship.
Which amendment extend voting rights to a broader range of americans?
The 19th amendment extended the voting rights to women. The 15th amendment ensured the right to vote no matter a persons race. The 26th amendment gave any citizen over 18 the right to vote.
What amendment The voting rights of 1965 was the precursor to which amendment?
The 65 voting rights act wasn't an amendment, but a bill passed by congress.
What does the 19th amendment protect the voting rights of?
the 19th amendment protects to voting of women
What amendments broadened voting rights?
The 19th amendment gave women voting rights.
What did the fifteenth amendment provide?
Male voting rights
Which amendment sought to protect voting rights?
Fourteenth Amendment
Law spurred by martin Luther king Jr's march from selma to Montgomery that guaranteed rights originally given blacks under the fifteenth amendment?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What voting rights does the nineteenth amendment?
women
Did the fifteenth amendment succeed in extending voting rights to African American men?
The persistent violence against Blacks and voting sent a message to the Republican Party. They passed the 15th amendment to the US Constitution barring race as a test for voting. The amendment said nothing about a state's right to determine requirements for voting other than race. This was a loophole that southern states would exploit for many decades to limit Black voting.
