Question

What major effect did the Fifteenth Amendment have on American society?

It ended slavery permanently in the United States.
It provided greater access to voting for African Americans.
It established equal protection and due process.
It lowered the voting age.

Answer 1

It provided greater access to voting for African Americans.

(Background: The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Ending slavery was the 13th Amendment; equal protection/due process is the 14th; lowering the voting age was the 26th.)