Legislative · Federal
Fifteenth Amendment ratified, prohibiting denial of the vote by race
- Direction
- +2 — major benefit to Freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Decided
- Date
- 1870-02-03
Why this rating
Ratified February 3, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment barred denial of the vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude — directly enfranchising freedmen. Rated +2: a direct, material, lineage-specific political gain with force of constitutional law (later gutted in practice, tracked as separate later entries).
Summary
Ratified February 3, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment barred denial of the vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude — directly enfranchising freedmen. Rated +2: a direct, material, lineage-specific political gain with force of constitutional law (later gutted in practice, tracked as separate later entries).
Sources
- The Civil War Amendments — Constitution Annotated, Library of Congress — official record · primary · historical
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