✊🏿ap african american studies review

Fifteenth Amendment

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A constitutional amendment ratified in 1870 that prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

AP course connection

Topic 2.7: 2.7 Slavery and American Law: Slave Codes and Landmark Cases

Unit 2