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The 15th Amendment (XV) to the Constitution guaranteed the right to vote not be denied to anyone based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified in 1870, and was the last of the three so-called "Civil War Amendments", following the 14th (XIV) in 1868 and the 13th (XIII) in late 1865 (after the war was over).
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ViviThe 15th amendment gave slaves the right to vote... technically. In actuality, people threw up other barriers to that right for a long, long time after by manipulating the laws in different ways. It was more than 100 years after this amendment in many places before people could vote without worrying about being denied over the issue of race.
The Fifteenth Amendment. And it granted the right to vote, not just to former slaves, but to all racial minorities.
(OK, technically it didn't *grant* the right to vote to anyone. It said that the government *couldn't* use race, color, or "previous condition of servitude" to deny the right to vote. So, technically, if the government decided that *only* black people could vote, the *white* people could sue under the 15th Amendment.)
The Fourteenth Amendment gave freedom to slaves. It was adopted on July 9, 1868.
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What constitutional amendment made former slaves citizens?
the 14th ammendment gave slaves the right to be a citizen
Which Amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote?
The 5th ammendment
Why was the 14 and 15 amendments made?
While the 13th amendment freed the slaves, it did not make them citizens or give them any rights. The newly freed slaves had no where to go after the 13th amendment was passed -- they were simply no longer slaves. Most slaves during the civil war had been born into slavery as the importation of slaves was made illegal in 1808. So, the slaves had no reason to go back to Africa, as they had no money and many had never been there anyway. The U.S. government realized they had to do something about all these people, so they essentially gave them citizenship with the 14th amendment, and later the right to vote with the 15th.
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
What amendment gave women the right to vote in federal elections?
The 19th Amendment.
