Fifteenth Amendment

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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

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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 constitutional amendment number?Fifteenth Amendment
2. What is the date of ratification?February 3, 1870
3. When was the Fifteenth Amendment approved?It was approved on February 3, 1870.
4. Who could vote after the amendment was passed?Newly freed African American men could vote, and many were elected to local, state, and federal offices.

Reconstruction: The period from 1865 to 1877 focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.
Enfranchisement: The act of granting the right to vote to a person or group.
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.