According to the text, states cannot deny a person the right to vote for which of the following reasons? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Question

on the basis of race

on the basis of citizenship

on the basis of having been enslaved

on the basis of gender
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.

Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
1870

Answer 1

According to the text and the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, states cannot deny a person the right to vote for the following reasons:

• on the basis of race
• on the basis of having been enslaved

The text specifically mentions that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

The other options, "on the basis of citizenship" and "on the basis of gender," are not covered by the provided text regarding the specific prohibitions of the Fifteenth Amendment. The Nineteenth Amendment addresses voting rights regarding gender, but it is not part of the text you provided.