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The Senate passed the amendment, with 39 Republicans voting "Yea" and eight Democrats and five Republicans voting "Nay"; 13 Republicans and one Democrat did not vote. [32] Some Radical Republicans, such as Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, abstained from voting because the amendment did not prohibit literacy tests and poll taxes. [33]
Text of the 15th Amendment. The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. [7]
An Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) VRA: Nicknames: Voting Rights Act: Enacted by: the 89th United States Congress: Effective: August 6, 1965: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 89–110: Statutes at Large: 79 Stat. 437: Codification; Titles amended: Title ...
The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights. The ...
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments. Six amendments adopted by Congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states.
Following the defeat of these amendments, the House passed the bill on July 13, 2006, by a 390–33 vote. [37] Notably, this tally included many Republicans who had previously voted in favor of the failed amendments. [8] Shortly thereafter, the Senate unanimously passed the bill without amendment on July 20, 2006, by a 98–0 vote. [41]
When the states have ratified the proposed amendment, then it becomes part of the Constitution. “…(O)ne or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by Congress…” to the states.
Congress passed the Selective Service Act in May 1917 that set up the draft, sent the 18th Amendment to the states prohibiting the sale of alcohol and passed multiple bills authorizing war bonds ...