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 stated that people could not be denied the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

The Fifteenth Amendment granted the vote to all Black men, giving formerly enslaved people and free Black people greater political power than they had ever had in the United States.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

With the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, many believed that the process of restoring the Union was safely coming to a close and that the rights of the formerly enslaved were finally secure.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

While the Fifteenth Amendment did not mention sex, she said that because it specifically prohibited disenfranchisement by race, women were included, arguing that “a race comprises all the people, male and female.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling