which political right is protected by the 15th and 19th amendments?

Added to the Constitution in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was the final of the three constitutional amendments enacted during Reconstruction in the aftermath of the Civil War. While the Thirteenth Amendment prohibited slavery, and the Fourteenth Amendment barred states from denying “equal protection of the laws,” the Fifteenth Amendment established that the right to vote could not be denied on the basis of race. Though its express terms prohibit all racial discrimination in voting qualifications, the Amendment was aimed at ensuring the enfranchisement of African-Americans. Section 2 of this short but momentous Amendment also gave Congress the power to enact legislation to enforce the right against race-based denials of the vote. The constitutional meaning of the Civil War was reflected in these three amendments; when the Fifteenth Amendment was passed, it represented the principle that African-American citizens—many of them former slaves—were now entitled to political equality.

Yet the most significant fact about the Fifteenth Amendment in American history is that it was essentially ignored and circumvented for nearly a century. This history illustrates that constitutional rights can be little more than words on paper unless institutions exist with the power to make sure those rights are actually enforced. For the first twenty to thirty years after the Amendment was adopted, black adult men (women were generally not permitted to vote at this time) were indeed permitted to vote—and did so in large numbers. Nearly 2,000 African-Americans were elected to public offices during this period. But starting in 1890, Southern states adopted an array of laws that made it extremely difficult for African-Americans (and many poor whites) to vote. This was the start of what is known as the era of disenfranchisement, and it lasted all the way up until 1965. These laws required people to demonstrate literacy, or prove their good character, or pay certain voting taxes, or overcome other hurdles, before they were permitted to vote. As a result of these laws, African-American voting in the South was kept at extremely low levels from 1890 to 1965, despite the Fifteenth Amendment.

Early on in this process of disenfranchisement, the Supreme Court was asked to hold these laws unconstitutional. But in a 1903 case called Giles v. Harris (1903), the Supreme Court refused to do so; the Court stated that it did not have the power to force Southern states to comply with the Fifteenth Amendment. Later that year, in James v. Bowman (1903), the Court held that the Amendment did not authorize Congress to punish private individuals who interfered to prevent African-Americans from voting.

The Supreme Court did eventually invoke the Amendment to hold unconstitutional a few of the specific laws that sought to block African-Americans from effective political participation. In 1944, for example, the Court held unconstitutional rules that in some Southern states prohibited black citizens from voting in political primary elections. Smith v. Allwright (1944). In a well-known case, Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960), the Supreme Court held that that City of Tuskegee, Alabama, had violated the Fifteenth Amendment when it re-drew the city’s boundaries from a square to an “uncouth twenty-eight sided figure” that put the residences of nearly all black people outside the city’s boundaries. Yet as of 1965, it was still the case that in Mississippi, for example, only 6.3% of African Americans were able to register to vote.

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Which of the following best describes blanching of vegetables?

A. Steaming them in a metal steamer

B. Quickly emerging them in water

C. Microwaving them on high for 5 to 10 minutes

D. Boiling them until they are thoroughly cooked

Working out at 75% of my target heart rate would be which part of the FITT principle?

What are some reasons Hill gives for being a vegetarian?

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A biopsy is done to detect cardiovascular disease.

A. false

B. true​

Find the amount of simple interest that $400 would earn at 8% per year by the end of 3 1/2 years.

Pamela is making an online purchase. Which action will help ensure that her personal information will be secure?

7. A bicycle rider is traveling up a hill, when the rider reaches the top of the hill, she
stops to rest. Then she travels down the hill. The diagram shows the rider in the
three different positions,
Which of these correctly describes the potential energy in the kinetic energy of the bicycle rider

Which of the following statements is NOT a weight loss myth?
A. To lose weight, you must consume fewer calories than your present rate.
B. Effective and lasting weight loss means that weight gained over time should be lost over
time.
C. Fad diets are a good way to quickly and permanently reduce your weight.
D. To keep weight off, you need to alter your habits only until the weight is lost.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
A
B
D

Please help!!! Toms cookies were ready to come out of the oven, but she could not find the oven mitts, so she used a dish towel that was a bit wet. The heat went through the towel, and she dropped the hot pan and all the cookies onto the floor.

What is the person doing wrong?

What should he or she have done instead?

Give me 3 facts about soccer⚽️

Setting fitness and health goals

Why is walking a popular way to exercise and socialize? It requires a lot of skill and specialized equipment. You can talk to people and most people can do it easily. It is very difficult to find safe places to walk in most communities. It requires a lot of concentration to do correctly and get the health benefits.

10) Which of the following is TRUE about low self-concept?
A) Athletes found with low self-concept should consider getting help.
B) Athletes with low self-concept tend to have a relationship with injuries.
C) Athletes with low self-concept are less able to deal effectively with the high stress of competition & pressure to
succeed.
D) All of the above are true about low self-concept.

Which of the following organizations would be responsible for promoting safe and effective practices for physicians?

American Hospital Association

American Medical Association

American Dental Association

American Nurses Association

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Water makes up approximately how much of a human’s body weight? 10 percent 25 percent 50 percent 60 percent

So, I'm polyse.xual, which means I'm attracted to most, but not all genders. When I explain this to people, they say that I'm hom.ophobic. I'm not though. I still support the other genders, I'm just not attracted to them all. These accusations really make my blood boil. In order to stop people from saying I'm hom.ophobic, should I start to tell people that I'm panse.xual or omnise.xual instead, even though I'm not?

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My paper is about (Sports have a positive impact on teenagers)

So give me some titles that go along my paper

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Which of the following describes a ligament?

Tough, fibrous bands of connective tissue

Consists of mainly collagen

Made of cartilage

Joint cavity that contains fluid

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Which of the following is not a hallucinogen?
a. LSD
b. PCP
c. Mescaline
d. Codeine

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1. Discuss two or more public health and safety issues that are caused by youth gangs and violence.


2. Explain two or more protective factors you can use to achieve to become a successful adult.


1. Explain how healthy behaviors and choices can positively affect your health status and how unhealthy behaviors and choices will negatively affect your health status.


2. Compare a time when one of your peers influenced healthy behavior to a time when a peer has influenced unhealthy behavior in your life.

Which type of cause and effect graphic organizer would be the best to identify why we use gasoline in our cars today and why we might use it as fuel in the future?
a. timeline
b. flow chart
c. both of these
d. none of these ​

Which of these are associated with an inactive lifestyle? Select the two
correct answers.
A. Physical fitness
B. Poor immune function
C. Cardiorespiratory endurance
D. Heart disease

The correct answers would be B and D

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7. Suzie is 68 years old. As a child she became very ill with a contagious viral illness which caused her to become paralysed. Which disorder did Suzie have as a child AND how are we able to prevent this now?

Write a multiplication equation that corresponds to each division equation. 10 divided bye 5 =?

1. What is foreign employment.?​

7. Which exercise is a longer type of activity at a low intensity, not working "as hard”
as you could?
A. anaerobic
B. HIIT
C. aerobic
D. sprinting