The Fifteenth Amendment

A) banned governments from denying the right to vote on the basis of race.
B) guaranteed the right to vote for African-American men and women.
C) declared that citizens must own at least 160 acres of land in order to vote.
D) abolished slavery.
E) applied only to the former Confederate states.

Fifteenth Amendment

An amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, that prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Race

A socially constructed category of identification based on physical characteristics, ancestry, historical affiliations, or shared culture.

Vote

The act of expressing one's choice or opinion in a meeting or election.