History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0019 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Fifteenth Amendment
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The idea
Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment in February eighteen sixty-nine, and ratification was complete on February third, eighteen seventy.
In practice
The vote not to be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Where people slip
Section two gives Congress power to enforce it by appropriate legislation, the basis for the Enforcement Acts that soon followed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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