USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The amendment reads, “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.” The 15th Amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -One source of opposition to the proposed amendment was the women’s suffrage movement, which before and during the Civil War had made common cause with the abolitionist movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and its subsequent ratification (February 3, 1870) effectively enfranchised African American men while denying the right to vote to women of all colours. Women would not receive that right until the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main impetus behind the 15th Amendment was the Republican desire to entrench its power in both the North and the South. Black votes would help accomplish that end. The measure was passed by Congress in 1869, and was quickly ratified by the requisite three-fourths of the states in 1870.

Detailed explanation-5: –The 4th Amendment details that you are secure from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government.-The 15th Amendment states that “citizens of the U.S. shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any other state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."