Amendment 15: African-American men could vote

Section 1.
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--
Section 2.
The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This amendment is straightforward in the fact that it allows people of any color or race to vote. This is important for our Constitution to achieve its goal by including all citizens of our nation the right to cast a vote to influence at a state and federal level. We are a nation of the people and before this were not including all of our people into the democratic system. Here we have taken another step forward to giving power to all of our citizens to influence possibly change anything they find unjust.

Here we see a great explanation of the amendment and the opposition from the women's rights activists since it exclusively allowed the right for black men to vote. While this was later resolved, it is interesting to know of the opposition initially facing this because it was such a huge change in its own right. It was the final piece in resolving slavery and the rights of blacks. While it was such a huge change this shows it still left room for improvement.

This was a fun look at the three amendments, including the 15th, during the Reconstruction. It was interesting to learn the Republicans actually pushed forward this amendment in order to get blacks to vote in order to win more elections. They took this right in stride and made huge changes all the way up to holding office which pushed the envelope even further with the government backing their right to vote.