Fifteenth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

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Example Sentences

These voting rights were solidified in 1870, with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which said no man could be turned away from the polls because of his "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2022

The Fifteenth Amendment was proposed to secure the right to vote for Black men, which will be discussed in more detail later in this chapter.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Similarly, the right to vote once belonged solely to White men until the Fifteenth Amendment gave the vote to African American men.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

States justified this violation of the Fifteenth Amendment by claiming that Native Americans might be U.S. citizens but were not state residents because they lived on reservations.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, granting African American men the right to vote.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler