"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on acco
unt of sex. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.' To which amendment in the U.S. Constitution does the above quote refer?
In the final years of the Civil War Congress repeatedly debated the rights of former black slaves. By 1869 amendments had been passed to abolish slavery and provide citizenship and equal protection under the laws.
