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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.
The founders allowed for amendments, and through the years, these have made some very important changes, including giving African-Americans and women the right to vote. There are currently 27 amendments to the constitution.
They made African Americans pass a literacy test..
The US Constitution protects the rights of the citizens of the US. The Constitution is limited to the federal government but is made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
The three groups that made up the south political leaders were Scalawags-white Southerners,Carpetbaggers . and African Americans eager.