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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.
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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.
Which amendment sought to protect voting rights?
Fourteenth Amendment
Which amendment ensured voting rights for blacks in the South?
15th amendment
Which amendment describes rights of citizens representation and the voting and defined the obligation of oath takers and Civil War debts?
The fourteenth amendment (:
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.
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.
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 does the 19th amendment protect the voting rights of?
the 19th amendment protects to voting of women
How did the thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth amendment advance civil war?
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were pivotal in advancing civil rights following the Civil War. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, ensuring freedom for formerly enslaved individuals. The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law, addressing systemic inequalities. Lastly, the Fifteenth Amendment aimed to protect the voting rights of African American men, reinforcing their political empowerment and participation in democracy.
What did the fifteenth amendment provide?
Male voting rights
What amendments broadened voting rights?
The 19th amendment gave women voting rights.
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
