With the addition of the fifteenth amendment in 1870.
That was almost 50 years before women were allowed to vote!
Stephen Douglas believed that the states had the right to decide if African Americans should have the right to vote. He was a US Senator.
In order for freedmen to vote, they must pay poll taxes, take a literacy test and must approve of the grandfather clause. Some African Americans could pay the poll taxes, and many can take and pass literacy tests due to the fact that most were born in the US. However, there was a loophole that made it impossible for African Americans to vote. The grandfather clause is what made it impossible. This stated that in order for you to vote, your grandfather must have participated in the election of 1860. Since African Americans were still slaves during this time period, they could not vote. In which those present African Americans could not vote either.
African Americans fought in the US Civil War, and they spoke out against slavery.
No African Americans have ridden for the US equestrian team.
Discrimination
The 13th Amendment of the US constitution did not allow racial profiling for the enslaved African Americans.
13- no slaves 14- African Americans have rights 15- African Americans can vote u did good
it helped gain women and African Americans the right to vote
When were African Americans allowed to vote in presidential elections in the US?In: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/469[Edit categories]
the rich and well-born. ( white men with property )
Barrack Obama? well that's the only African American president in the US..
Granted by the 14th and 15th Amendment they were US citizens to all effects and had the right to vote.
Stephen Douglas believed that the states had the right to decide if African Americans should have the right to vote. He was a US Senator.
In the 19th century, suffrage, or the right to vote, was extended to poor people and African Americans, although with severe limitations for both.
In order for freedmen to vote, they must pay poll taxes, take a literacy test and must approve of the grandfather clause. Some African Americans could pay the poll taxes, and many can take and pass literacy tests due to the fact that most were born in the US. However, there was a loophole that made it impossible for African Americans to vote. The grandfather clause is what made it impossible. This stated that in order for you to vote, your grandfather must have participated in the election of 1860. Since African Americans were still slaves during this time period, they could not vote. In which those present African Americans could not vote either.
The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, granted African-American men the right to vote; African-American women did not receive this right until the Nineteenth Amendment (women's suffrage) was ratified in 1920.For clarity, the amendment was the result of Southern terror groups to deny the right to vote for Afro-Americans but the amendment helped all minorities to vote.the fifteenthSDThe 15th amendment in the Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote.The men gained the right to vote in 1870 and women gained the right to vote in 1920.15 amendmentIn 1870, the 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. But suffrage was not expanded to include women till the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.The 15th amendment gave all race, gender, or color the right to vote.
Yes, people can vote in the U.S. but only Americans can vote if they are 18 or older.