Question

Which group was most affected by the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

African Americans
African American males of voting age
African American female

African Americans of voting age

Answer 1

African American males of voting age.

The Fifteenth Amendment (1870) forbade denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, effectively enfranchising Black men but not addressing sex, so Black women were still excluded.