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 To former abolitionists and to the Radical Republicans in Congress who fashioned Reconstruction after the Civil War, the '''Fifteenth Amendment''', enacted in 1870, appeared to signify the fulfillment of all promises to African Americans. Set free by the [[Thirteenth Amendment]], with citizenship guaranteed by the [[Fourteenth Amendment]], black males were given the vote by the Fifteenth Amendment. From that point on, the freedmen were generally expected to fend for themselves. In retrospect, it can be seen that the Fifteenth Amendment was in reality only the beginning of a struggle for equality that would continue for more than a century before African Americans could begin to participate fully in American public and civic life.
-African Americans exercised the [[franchise]] and held office in many Southern states through the 1880s, but in the early 1890s, steps were taken to ensure subsequent “white supremacy.” Literacy tests for the vote, “grandfather clauses” excluding from the franchise all whose ancestors had not voted in the 1860s, and other devices to disenfranchise African Americans were written into the constitutions of former Confederate states. Social and economic segregation were added to black America’s loss of political power. In 1896 the Supreme Court decision [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] legalized “separate but equal” facilities for the races. For more than 50 years, the overwhelming majority of African American citizens were reduced to second-class citizenship under the “Jim Crow” segregation system. During that time, African Americans sought to secure their rights and improve their position through organizations such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League and through the individual efforts of reformers like [[Booker T. Washington]], [[W.E.B. DuBois]], and [[A. Philip Randolph]].
+African Americans exercised the [[franchise]] and held office in many Southern states through the 1880s, but in the early 1890s, steps were taken to ensure subsequent “white supremacy.” Literacy tests for the vote, “grandfather clauses” excluding from the franchise all whose ancestors had not voted in the 1860s, and other devices to disenfranchise African Americans were written into the constitutions of former Confederate states. Social and economic segregation were added to black America's loss of political power. In 1896 the Supreme Court decision [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] legalized “separate but equal” facilities for the races. For more than 50 years, the overwhelming majority of African American citizens were reduced to second-class citizenship under the “Jim Crow” segregation system. During that time, African Americans sought to secure their rights and improve their position through organizations such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League and through the individual efforts of reformers like [[Booker T. Washington]], [[W.E.B. DuBois]], and [[A. Philip Randolph]].
 The most direct attack on the problem of African American disfranchisement came in 1965. Prompted by reports of continuing discriminatory voting practices in many Southern states, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], himself a southerner, urged Congress on March 15, 1965, to pass legislation “which will make it impossible to thwart the Fifteenth Amendment.” He reminded Congress that “we cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.” The [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], extended in 1970, 1975, 1982, and 2006, abolished all remaining deterrents to exercising the franchise and authorized Federal supervision of voter registration where necessary.

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	* [[Civil Rights Movement]]		* [[Civil Rights Movement]]

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 African Americans exercised the [[franchise]] and held office in many Southern states through the 1880s, but in the early 1890s, steps were taken to ensure subsequent “white supremacy.” Literacy tests for the vote, “grandfather clauses” excluding from the franchise all whose ancestors had not voted in the 1860s, and other devices to disenfranchise African Americans were written into the constitutions of former Confederate states. Social and economic segregation were added to black America’s loss of political power. In 1896 the Supreme Court decision [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] legalized “separate but equal” facilities for the races. For more than 50 years, the overwhelming majority of African American citizens were reduced to second-class citizenship under the “Jim Crow” segregation system. During that time, African Americans sought to secure their rights and improve their position through organizations such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League and through the individual efforts of reformers like [[Booker T. Washington]], [[W.E.B. DuBois]], and [[A. Philip Randolph]].
-The most direct attack on the problem of African American disfranchisement came in 1965. Prompted by reports of continuing discriminatory voting practices in many Southern states, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], himself a southerner, urged Congress on March 15, 1965, to pass legislation “which will make it impossible to thwart the Fifteenth Amendment.” He reminded Congress that “we cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.” The [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, abolished all remaining deterrents to exercising the franchise and authorized Federal supervision of voter registration where necessary.
+The most direct attack on the problem of African American disfranchisement came in 1965. Prompted by reports of continuing discriminatory voting practices in many Southern states, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], himself a southerner, urged Congress on March 15, 1965, to pass legislation “which will make it impossible to thwart the Fifteenth Amendment.” He reminded Congress that “we cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.” The [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], extended in 1970, 1975, 1982, and 2006, abolished all remaining deterrents to exercising the franchise and authorized Federal supervision of voter registration where necessary.
 The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of the [[Reconstruction]] amendments after the Civil War.  There would not be any new amendments until the 20th century.

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−	~~Conservapedia~~ is ~~vandalized!~~	+	To former abolitionists and to the Radical Republicans in Congress who fashioned Reconstruction after the Civil War, the '''Fifteenth Amendment''', enacted in 1870, appeared to signify the fulfillment of all promises to African Americans. Set free by the [[Thirteenth Amendment]], with citizenship guaranteed by the [[Fourteenth Amendment]], black males were given the vote by the Fifteenth Amendment. From that point on, the freedmen were generally expected to fend for themselves. In retrospect, it can be seen that the Fifteenth Amendment was in reality only the beginning of a struggle for equality that would continue for more than a century before African Americans could begin to participate fully in American public and civic life.
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		+	African Americans exercised the [[franchise]] and held office in many Southern states through the 1880s, but in the early 1890s, steps were taken to ensure subsequent “white supremacy.” Literacy tests for the vote, “grandfather clauses” excluding from the franchise all whose ancestors had not voted in the 1860s, and other devices to disenfranchise African Americans were written into the constitutions of former Confederate states. Social and economic segregation were added to black America’s loss of political power. In 1896 the Supreme Court decision [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] legalized “separate but equal” facilities for the races. For more than 50 years, the overwhelming majority of African American citizens were reduced to second-class citizenship under the “Jim Crow” segregation system. During that time, African Americans sought to secure their rights and improve their position through organizations such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League and through the individual efforts of reformers like [[Booker T. Washington]], [[W.E.B. DuBois]], and [[A. Philip Randolph]].
		+
		+	The most direct attack on the problem of African American disfranchisement came in 1965. Prompted by reports of continuing discriminatory voting practices in many Southern states, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], himself a southerner, urged Congress on March 15, 1965, to pass legislation “which will make it impossible to thwart the Fifteenth Amendment.” He reminded Congress that “we cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.” The [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, abolished all remaining deterrents to exercising the franchise and authorized Federal supervision of voter registration where necessary.
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		+	The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of the [[Reconstruction]] amendments after the Civil War. There would not be any new amendments until the 20th century.
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		+	==Transcript of the 40th Congressional Resolution for the Fifteenth Amendment==
		+	'''Fortieth Congress of the United States of America''';
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		+	At the third Session, Begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
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		+	A Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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		+	Resolved by the Senate and House of Respresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring) that the following article be proposed to the legislature of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:
		+
		+	:'''''Article XV.'''''
		+
		+	:'''''Section 1.''' 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 account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—''
		+
		+	:'''''Section 2.''' The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''
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		+	----
		+	{{US amendments}}
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		+	[[Category:Reconstruction]]
		+	[[Category:United States Constitution]]
		+	[[Category:Black History]]

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-To former abolitionists and to the Radical Republicans in Congress who fashioned Reconstruction after the Civil War, the '''Fifteenth Amendment''', enacted in 1870, appeared to signify the fulfillment of all promises to African Americans. Set free by the [[Thirteenth Amendment]], with citizenship guaranteed by the [[Fourteenth Amendment]], black males were given the vote by the Fifteenth Amendment. From that point on, the freedmen were generally expected to fend for themselves. In retrospect, it can be seen that the Fifteenth Amendment was in reality only the beginning of a struggle for equality that would continue for more than a century before African Americans could begin to participate fully in American public and civic life.
+Conservapedia is vandalized!
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-African Americans exercised the [[franchise]] and held office in many Southern states through the 1880s, but in the early 1890s, steps were taken to ensure subsequent “white supremacy.” Literacy tests for the vote, “grandfather clauses” excluding from the franchise all whose ancestors had not voted in the 1860s, and other devices to disenfranchise African Americans were written into the constitutions of former Confederate states. Social and economic segregation were added to black America’s loss of political power. In 1896 the Supreme Court decision [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] legalized “separate but equal” facilities for the races. For more than 50 years, the overwhelming majority of African American citizens were reduced to second-class citizenship under the “Jim Crow” segregation system. During that time, African Americans sought to secure their rights and improve their position through organizations such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League and through the individual efforts of reformers like [[Booker T. Washington]], [[W.E.B. DuBois]], and [[A. Philip Randolph]].
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-The most direct attack on the problem of African American disfranchisement came in 1965. Prompted by reports of continuing discriminatory voting practices in many Southern states, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], himself a southerner, urged Congress on March 15, 1965, to pass legislation “which will make it impossible to thwart the Fifteenth Amendment.” He reminded Congress that “we cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.” The [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, abolished all remaining deterrents to exercising the franchise and authorized Federal supervision of voter registration where necessary.
-−
-The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of the [[Reconstruction]] amendments after the Civil War.  There would not be any new amendments until the 20th century.
-−
-==Transcript of the 40th Congressional Resolution for the Fifteenth Amendment==
-'''Fortieth Congress of the United States of America''';
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-At the third Session, Begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
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-A Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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-Resolved by the Senate and House of Respresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring) that the following article be proposed to the legislature of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:
-−
-:'''''Article XV.'''''
-−
-:'''''Section 1.''' 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 account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—''
-−
-:'''''Section 2.''' The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''
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-{{US amendments}}
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-[[Category:Reconstruction]]
-[[Category:United States Constitution]]
-[[Category:Black History]]

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