Question

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed about five years after the end of the Civil War. What did it say?

Answer 1

The 15th amendment gave African american male citizens the right to vote. The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote which was not added until the early 1920's.

Answer 2

The correct answerr is B) It gave black men the right to vote.

The 15th Amendment was one of three different Reconstruction amendments. These amendments were aimed at helping newly freed African American citizens by guaranteeing them different rights that other Americans enjoyed. One of these included the right to vote. Even though it was limited to just men, this resulted in a dramatic increase in political participation by African Americans during the 1860's and 1870's.