Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote?

• A. Amendment 13
• B. Amendment 14
• C. Amendment 15
• D. Amendment 19

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is which constitutional change specifically protects the right of African American men to vote. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, declares that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This was a direct step to secure Black male suffrage after the Civil War, building on the abolition of slavery (Thirteenth Amendment) and the protection of citizenship and equal protection (Fourteenth Amendment). The Nineteenth Amendment later extended voting rights to women, not to Black men. While the Fifteenth Amendment set the legal guarantee, Jim Crow laws and other barriers still complicated access to the ballot for many decades.