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What was the main purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

  1. To guarantee full voting rights for all American women in every state and national election
  2. To create a federal income tax
  3. To abolish the Electoral College
  4. To prohibit denying the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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Correct answer: To prohibit denying the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

The Fifteenth Amendment protected voting rights for African American men by banning racial discrimination in voting. However, many Southern states later used other methods to restrict Black voting.

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