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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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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Radical Republicanism supported Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution hasSection Section 1 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution hasSection Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution alsoKnownAs Amendment XV to the United States Constitution
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Civil Rights Act of 1960 constitutionalBasis Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act constitutionalBasis Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Oregon v. Mitchell constitutionalProvision Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Section 9 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 constitutionalBasis Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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