Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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Generate an image of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Reconstruction Amendment ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedDuring Reconstruction era ⓘ
aimedAt eliminating racial barriers to suffrage ⓘ
protecting voting rights of African American men ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amendment XV to the United States Constitution ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of the United States ⓘ
state governments of the United States ⓘ
bindingOn all states admitted to the Union ⓘ
constitutionalLawIn United States ⓘ
constitutionalNumber 15 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
effectiveDate 1870-02-03 ⓘ
enforcementMechanism appropriate legislation by Congress ⓘ
followedBy Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
follows Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
grantsPowerTo United States Congress ⓘ
hasLegalEffectOn elections for federal offices ⓘ
elections for state offices ⓘ
hasSection Section 1 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–American Civil War period ⓘ
inspired later federal voting rights legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDoctrine equal protection in voting ⓘ
legalForm amendment text ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits denial of the right to vote on account of color ⓘ
denial of the right to vote on account of previous condition of servitude ⓘ
denial of the right to vote on account of race ⓘ
proposedBy United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn 1869-02-26 ⓘ
ratifiedOn 1870-02-03 ⓘ
relatedTo Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
sectionCount 2 ⓘ
shortName Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ
subject enforcement power of Congress ⓘ
prohibition of racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
racial discrimination in voting ⓘ
suffrage ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
typeOfRestriction substantive limitation on government power ⓘ

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