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15th Admendment
AMENDMENT XV
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870.
Section 1.
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--
Section 2.
The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Big Ideas:
-Equal Rights
-Racial Slur
-Voting Right Act
- Equal Right
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/history.htm
This website explain/shows that no one shall be denied by the sex of that person whether you are a men or women to have equal such as the white people do so.
http://researchforum.santacruzmah.org/viewtopic.php?p=100&sid=d0881e8c34da8550861c33d81d64105f
This website explains/shows that every cizten has/must have a right to vote under the law.
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/03_04/ag1/mn/mn1.htm
This shows/explains that every white and black person must have equal right not based on their color.
http://constitution.laws.com/american-history/constitution/constitutional-amendments/15th-amendment
This shows/explains that even though there was opposition to the enforcement of the 15 amendment by many, it was still a step forward in to have equal rights.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/the-15th-amendment-trumps_b_3527256.html
This shows/explains that not only men needed equal rights women also needed equal right to get a chance to vote.
-Racial Slur
http://15thamendment.harpweek.com/HubPages/CommentaryPage.asp?Commentary=03Ratification
This website explains/shows that in some states they first wanted the 15th amendment to happen so that they get equal rights on voting without being discriminated.
http://15thamendment.harpweek.com/HubPages/CommentaryPage.asp?Commentary=09Warning
This website explains/shows that the word “nigger” is a term of racial slur since it has to involve the 15th amendment.
http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/amendment-14/87-reverse-discrimination.html
This website shows/explain that it involves the government form them to empower they should let anybody vote.
http://law.jrank.org/pages/9625/Racial-Ethnic-Discrimination.html
This website shows/explains that slavery may have ended but the 14 amendment that they get protection but still being judged by their race but still have a right.
http://researchforum.santacruzmah.org/viewtopic.php?p=100&sid=d0881e8c34da8550861c33d81d64105f
This website explains/shows that 2/3 of the 15 amendment is being used for a black voter which 100% are black with a chance to vote.
-Voting Rights Act
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=44
This website explains/shows that every black person has the right to vote such as the amendment 13,14,&15 they have to be allow to vote.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html
This website explains/shows that every African American men had a right to vote no matter race, color and previous conditions.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/quotation/%5Bfield_short_title-raw%5D_185
This website explains/shows that one person is allow to vote for voters to be qualified within states which concludes to the declaration of independence to have amendments to 15, 17, &19.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-fifteenth/
This website shows how the struggles went by as the years went by but also how it long it took to get the right/explains to vote but soon got the reform to vote.
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/pages.aspx?name=fifteenth-amendment&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
This website shows/explains that law 15 can’t denied you form voting and has the meaning of it with some arguments.