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What do amendments to the US Constitution allow Americans to do?
It allows us to have freedom of speech and religion. Thanks to the case Texas v. Johnson we can also burn our American Flag with no consequences because it is part of our First amendment rights.
What did the 15th amendment not do?
The main idea of the 15th amendment was to give African Americans the right to vote. (Relates to the 13th and 14th amendment) It did not give the African American Women or neither the white women the right to vote (until the 19th amendment)
Which amendments of the constitution protect the rights of women African Americans?
The 15th amendment allowed African American males to vote, and the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Native Americans were not considered citizens until 1924, so they did not have the right to vote until then. Even after 1924, some states restricted Native American voting rights based on whether or not they paid property taxes. This discrimination continued until the 1950s. Though African American males were guaranteed the right to vote by the 15th amendment, and African American women by the 19th, many legal and social barriers were quickly created to impede actual voting. These barriers were made illegal in the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made all racial discrimination and segregation illegal.
What gave citizenship to African-Americans?
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to African American slaves freed by the 13th amendment. The 14th amendment give anyone born or naturalized in the united states are United states Citizens
Which of the following groups believed the Constitution would strengthen the national government?
The purpose of the Constitution was to limit the national government by specifically enumerating the powers it had, leaving the power in the hands of the American people and the individual states.
The Bill of Rights grants many specific rights to American citizens. One amendment states that Americans citizens also have rights that are not specifically listed in the Constitution or Bill of Right?
the ninth amendment
What was the equal right amendment?
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects all American citizens from unequal treatment by the law and it solidifies African Americans' citizenship. Part of the Amendment is known as the Equal Protection Clause.
Which amendment made blacks citizens?
admendment 14
Which Principle of American democracy allows American citizens to purchase and own a gun?
The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the US.
Is there an amendment to the Constitution that makes it a crime to desecrate an American flag?
No, there is not an amendment.
What do you call a change to the American constitution?
amendment
What is the content of the 14 Amendment?
14 Amendment is a Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African-Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the american civil war.
American citizens' right to free speech is guaranteed by?
It is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
What amendment to the US Constitution gave African-Americans the right to vote?
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.
What is the ninth amendment to the American Revolution?
There is no 9th amendment. Amendment's didn't happen until the Constitution when it was passed in 1789 and it has nothing to do with the revolution.
How did the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment improve the lives of African Americans?
the 14th amendment gave african american a citizenship and the 15th amendment it banned states from denying the vote to african americans
What is the American imposed restriction written into the Constitution of Cuba?
Platt Amendment
