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| The 15th Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude.". | |
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| Ratified on February 3rd, 1870! Good! Do you know what the black codes were and why they were established? | |
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| Yes! The Black Codes were laws passed by Sothern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent... I can't remember... | |
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| The laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. | |
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