1. This amendment said that all men (since women weren’t allowed to vote yet) who were citizens of the United States were allowed to vote no matter what their race or skin color is.
2. The 15th amendment was ratified in 1870. This amendment was and was not successful. It was because a lot of the colored people in the north were free and could vote, but since the 13th amendment was just passed about 5 years ago, the slavery wasn’t completely gone yet so the colored people in the south still couldn’t vote even though it was legal for them to.
3. Today this amendment still means the same; all men are allowed to vote no matter their race or skin color. Today this amendment is more successful because slavery has been illegal for a long time so more colored people feel safer going to vote because they don’t have people killing them for wanting to vote.
4. Even though we don’t see it, there is still slavery going on in our country somewhere, so those people still aren’t allowed to vote even though it is allowed.
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