Which amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

Which amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

• A. 15th Amendment
• B. 13th Amendment
• C. 14th Amendment
• D. 19th Amendment

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is how voting rights were protected from discrimination. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, specifically forbids denying the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This was added after the Civil War to ensure that newly freed African American men could participate in elections, a central goal of Reconstruction. The other amendments address different issues: one ended slavery, another defined citizenship and equal protection, and another extended the vote to women. So this amendment is the one that directly prevents race-based voter denial.

The main idea being tested is how voting rights were protected from discrimination. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, specifically forbids denying the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This was added after the Civil War to ensure that newly freed African American men could participate in elections, a central goal of Reconstruction. The other amendments address different issues: one ended slavery, another defined citizenship and equal protection, and another extended the vote to women. So this amendment is the one that directly prevents race-based voter denial.