U.S.History-Industrial-03-ID

The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in ________, is significant because it prohibited the federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. While this event was a monumental step, it did not grant suffrage to all men, as it didn't address gender or other potential barriers to voting.

• 1870
• 1871
• 1877
• 1898