Which statement best describes the Fifteenth Amendment? It established the right to vote to all former slaves, including women.

Question

It established the right to vote to all former slaves, including women.

It guaranteed the right to vote to all citizens who own property.
It guaranteed the right to vote to all citizens who own property.

It prevented any government from prohibiting people from voting based on race, color, or previous servitude.
It prevented any government from prohibiting people from voting based on race, color, or previous servitude.

It required state governments to receive loyalty oaths from former slaves before they could vote.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes the Fifteenth Amendment is:

It prevented any government from prohibiting people from voting based on race, color, or previous servitude.

The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." However, it did not grant the right to vote to women; that right was addressed later with the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.