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The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870 during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, granted universal male suffrage. It prohibited discrimination in voting rights based on race. Note that technically, there is not a guarantee of the right to vote, but rather a prohibition on discrimination by race (and gender, after the 19th Amendment). So a state could theoretically pass a law that says you have to be a resident for x number of years before you can vote. This means many African-Americans or women would lose the right to vote, but because they are not being discriminated against based on their race or gender, the 15th and the 19th Amendment (respectively) would not be violated. Two other voting rights Amendment are the 24th (no poll taxes to vote) and the 26th (voting age must be 18 in federal elections).

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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!


Which group received the right to vote in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified?

African American Males


What did the reconstruction act guarantee African American males?

The reconstruction act guaranteed African American males the right to vote. The southern state resorted to intimidation tactics to prevent most black males from registering or successfully voting.


What of these gave African-American males the right to vote?

The right for African-American males to vote was primarily established by the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870. This amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." However, despite this legal right, many African-American males faced numerous barriers, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, which were used to suppress their voting rights until the civil rights movement helped to dismantle these discriminatory practices.


What Admendment granted suffrage to blacks?

The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the denial of voting rights on the basis of color or national origin. Along with the 14th Amendment (granted citizenship, prohibited slavery), it allowed African-American males to vote.

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Which of these gave african american males the right to vote?

fifteenth amendment


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!


Which group received the right to vote in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified?

African American Males


Which group receive the right to vote in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified?

African American Males


Which group received the right to vote in 1870 when the 15 amendment was ratified?

African American Males


What did the reconstruction act guarantee African American males?

The reconstruction act guaranteed African American males the right to vote. The southern state resorted to intimidation tactics to prevent most black males from registering or successfully voting.


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.


Which amendment forbids allowing only males to vote?

The 19th Amendment


How did the 14th and 15th amendment change the constitution?

The 14th Amendment outlawed slavery and granted civil rights and liberties to African-Americans. The 15th Amendment prohibited the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race.


What did the 15th amendment mean?

all males could vote


What Admendment granted suffrage to blacks?

The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the denial of voting rights on the basis of color or national origin. Along with the 14th Amendment (granted citizenship, prohibited slavery), it allowed African-American males to vote.


Who gave black males the right to vote?

The 15th amendment gave black males the right to vote. Congress passed this amendment on February 26, 1869 and it was ratified on February 3, 1870.