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Which legislation was responsible for granting voting rights for African Americans?

the fifteenth amendment


Why did the 15th amendment fail voting rights for African Americans?

they had to take literacy tests


Which piece of legislation granted African Americans the legal right to vote A. the 15th Amendment B. the Voting Rights Act C. the 19th Amendment D. the Indian Citizenship Act?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 granted African Americans the legal right to vote.


The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an effort to ensure voting rights for?

African Americans


How did the Poll Tax restrict African Americans from voting?

In 1964 the Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibited the use of poll taxes. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act directed the Attorney General to enforce the right to vote for African Americans. The 1965 Voting Rights Act created a significant change in the status of African Americans throughout the South.


Who wrote the fifteenth amendment?

George Washington Julian wrote the fifteenth amendment of the United States of America. In his amendment, he gave voting rights even to African Americans.


What did the voting rights act do for African Americans?

assumed public office for African Americans


When did African Americans get there voting rights?

15th ammement


What gave freedom citizenship and voting rights to African Americans?

The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the US Constitution gave citizenship and voting rights to African-Americans.


How did the twenty-fourth Amendment prevent Southern states from violating African Americans voting rights?

It made poll taxes illegal.


Ask us legislation was responsible for granting voting rights for African Americans?

Africans Americans were given the ability to vote by the fifteenth amendment to the U.S Constitution.


What was the purpose of the 24th Amendment?

Expand African American voting rights

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