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The Fifteenth Amendment ( Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, [1] as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments .
The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified simultaneously and are known collectively as the Bill of Rights. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments. Six amendments adopted by Congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states.
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Nowhere in the original Constitution or the Bill of Rights were Americans given the right to vote. The Fifteenth Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. But not until the 1960s did judicial interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment conclude the right to vote was a fundamental right of all citizens.
The 15th Amendment transformed the Constitution—banning racial discrimination in voting. The final text was narrower than earlier proposals, focusing squarely on race and excluding protections for office-holding. In February 1869, the House passed it (144-44), followed by the Senate (39-13).
Aug 31, 2023 · Judicial retreat from the 15th Amendment is best captured by two cases decided on March 27 1876: U.S. v. Reese and U.S. v. Cruikshank.In Reese, the Supreme Court applied a prohibitively narrow interpretation of the 15th Amendment that discouraged enforcement, and in Cruikshank, it invalidated the Enforcement Act designed to prosecute violations of the Reconstruction Amendments, leaving those ...
Jan 3, 2019 · The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Sep 16, 2022 · Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Sep 16, 2022 • 4 min read. The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution aimed to increase the rights of Black citizens in the US.
