U.S. Citizenship Civics TestRights and ResponsibilitiesHard
A civics student is studying the amendments related to voting rights. Which amendment ensures that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
- A24th Amendment
- B19th Amendment
- C13th Amendment
- D15th Amendment
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: D. 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, explicitly prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, primarily aimed at enfranchising African American men after the Civil War.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes in federal elections.
- B. The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.
- C. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.
15th Amendment
A U.S. Constitutional amendment that prohibits the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- Ratified in 1870
- Aimed to protect the voting rights of African American men
- One of the Reconstruction Amendments
Memory trick: Fifteen, Nineteen, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Six: Voting Rights' Fix.