15 Amendment

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  • Black sufferage

    Black sufferage

    Black suffrage failed in the house
  • Protect black male voters

    Protect black male voters

    In 1868 Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency in convinced the majority of republicans to protect black male voters that they were important for the parties future.
  • American experience

    American experience

    15th amendment was passed by congress
  • Passing of the 15th Amendment

    Passing of the 15th Amendment

    Congress passed the 15th amendment on Feb. 26, 1869 but some states resisted ratification
  • Connecticut approves

    Connecticut approves

    Connecticut approved the amendment proposal.
  • Reconstruction bill

    Reconstruction bill

    Congress approved the reconstruction bill
  • Indiana Ratified

    Indiana Ratified

    Indiana ratified the 15th amendment
  • Missouri ratified

    Missouri ratified

    Missouri ratified the 15th amendment
  • 15th Amendment to the United states

    15th Amendment to the United states

    The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870. The amendment reads, “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.”
  • Southerners found ways to prevent blacks from voting

    Southerners found ways to prevent blacks from voting

    To many, it felt like the last step of reconstruction. But just as some had predicted, Southerners found ways to prevent blacks from voting.
  • Voting rights

    Voting rights

    Voting rights act of 1965
  • Denied blacks their right to vote

    Denied blacks their right to vote

    The voting rights act of 1965, signed into law by president Lyndon B.Johnson in 1965, aimed to overcome all legal barriers at the state and local levels that denied black their right to vote under the 15th amendment.