Question

Which rights and guarantees were secured by the Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution?

Answer 1

The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees that no citizen will be denied the right to vote based upon their "race, color, or previous position of servitude." The Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870 and was the third and final Reconstruction Amendment. This amendment was a major amendment in advancing racial equality in the United States in that it guaranteed African Americans the right to vote. However, it would continue to take years before the spirit of this law was fully implemented and continues to be challenged today in the courts. 

Answer 2

Answer and Explanation: Fifteenth amendment was passed by congress on February 26, 1886 and was ratified in February 3, 1870. This amendment stated that skin color must not come in the way of right to vote. Every man was allowed to vote whether he was African-American, Chinese or of any color. The main reason of this amendment was to make sure that the right to vote should not be denied on the basis of race or color.

Success:

1) 15th amendment was a success because it took away the racial segregation from voting. People belonging from every color were allowed to exercise their right to vote.

2) It was a symbolic amendment as it was a founding stone for other laws passed in future to avoid segregation on the basis of Race.