Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/fifteenth-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date ratified?February 3, 1870
2. What is the early enforcement challenges?Circumvented by Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, literacy tests, and violent intimidation
3. What does the Fifteenth Amendment say about voting?It says no one can be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or past slavery.
4. When was the Fifteenth Amendment ratified?It was ratified on February 3, 1870.

Reconstruction Amendments: A series of three amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) passed after the Civil War to abolish slavery, grant citizenship, and ensure equal protection and voting rights.
Suffrage: The right to vote in political elections.
Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement.