15th Amendment (feb 26, 1869 – feb 3, 1870)
Description:
Contextualization:1. The 15th Amendment granted African-American men the right to vote.
2. This was adopted in the U.S. Constitution in 1870.
3. By the late 1870s, discriminatory practices were used to prevent blacks from exercising their right to vote like in the South.
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Date:
feb 26, 1869
feb 3, 1870
~ 11 months