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.

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What effect might the use of biblical allusions have had on those who were listening to john winthrop's sermon "a model of chris

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The effect that the use of biblical allusions have had on those who were listening to john winthrop's sermon "a model of christian charity" was that it helped the listeners see that their situation was similar to that of the ancient israelites; they, like the israelites, needed to obey god's commandments by loving god and one anothe

<h3>What was the Model of Christian Charity?</h3>

It articulated the God's high expectations for the settlement and explains the consequences of failure. His sermon was designed to unite the settlers by giving them a common goal and a common fate if they failed to achieve that goal.

His sermon urges his fellow Puritans not only to love God and one another, but "to walk in His ways and to keep His Commandments and His ordinance and His laws, and the articles of our Covenant with Him."

Therefore, the Option A is correct.