Friday, December 30, 2011

The Fifteenth Amendment...

  • prohibited state governments from using property requirements to disqualify blacks from voting.
  • gave the full vote to all adult African Americans.
  • prohibited state governments from using literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent blacks from voting.
  • forbade states from denying any citizen the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, or previous condition as a slave. 

ANSWER: The Fifteenth Amendment forbade states from denying any citizen the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, or previous condition as a slave. 

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