Question

What was the Fifteenth Amendment? What are two ways Southern states were able to evade (get around) this amendment?

Answer 1

Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means, Southern states were able to effectively disenfranchise African Americans. So Poll taxes, literacy tests, and an African American criminal background would strip them from the right to vote.

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