Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Amendment to the United States Constitution Reconstruction Amendment constitutional amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Section 1 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
Amendment XV to the United States Constitution	1
Fifteenth Amendment	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Reconstruction Amendment ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedDuring	Reconstruction era ⓘ
aimedAt	eliminating racial barriers to suffrage ⓘ protecting voting rights of African American men ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Amendment XV to the United States Constitution
appliesTo	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States state governments of the United States ⓘ
bindingOn	all states admitted to the Union ⓘ
constitutionalLawIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
constitutionalNumber	15 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effectiveDate	1870-02-03 ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	appropriate legislation by Congress ⓘ
followedBy	Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
follows	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
hasLegalEffectOn	elections for federal offices ⓘ elections for state offices ⓘ
hasSection	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Section 1 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
historicalPeriod	post–American Civil War period ⓘ
inspired	later federal voting rights legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalDoctrine	equal protection in voting ⓘ
legalForm	amendment text ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits	denial of the right to vote on account of color ⓘ denial of the right to vote on account of previous condition of servitude ⓘ denial of the right to vote on account of race ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1869-02-26 ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1870-02-03 ⓘ
relatedTo	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
sectionCount	2 ⓘ
shortName	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fifteenth Amendment
subject	enforcement power of Congress ⓘ prohibition of racial discrimination in voting ⓘ racial discrimination in voting ⓘ suffrage ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
typeOfRestriction	substantive limitation on government power ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amendment XV to the United States Constitution

Enforcement Acts → basedOn → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

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Civil Rights Act of 1870 → constitutionalBasis → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1960 → constitutionalBasis → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Pub.L. 89–110 → constitutionalBasis → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

VRA → constitutionalBasis → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Voting Rights Act of 1965 → constitutionalBasis → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Smith v. Allwright → constitutionalProvision → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee → constitutionalProvisionConsidered → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

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subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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this entity surface form: Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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subject surface form: To Secure These Rights

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subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 → relatedTo → Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Fifteenth Amendment

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