Amendment+15W4


 * 15W4 **
 * The Fifteenth Amendment **

**Essential Question: What issues prompted the creation of your amendment? What impact did your amendment have on society at the time?**

 * The 15 amendment gave African American men the right to vote. The rights of the United States to vote should not be based on race, color, or condition. And that the Congress should have the power to enforce this amendment by proper legislation.**

**1. In what year/era it established?**
It was established in 1870, on February in the begging of the era of Disenfrachisment. During this time Ulyssis S. Grant was the president of the United States. And only 37 states ratified the 15th amendment.

**2. Did it increase the amount of votes?**
Yes this increased by a half million African men. And the reason why it increased by such a large amount was because they were not only allowed to vote, but they were also allowed to have black elections, and hold office.this

**3. What were the effects?**
It had started the VRA (The Voting Rights Act). It also had almost no effect in the south in the begging but the number of votes had increased. But soon after that the Southern states decided to do something that makes the 15th amendment pointless and meaningless. They decided to make the African Americans pay to vote. And another 75 years passed before the black voting rights were once again enforced.

**4.Who did this amendment help?**
This mostly helped out the African American men. For this was the main focus, for African American men to be able to vote.

**5. How did this amendment effect ex-slaves?**
Yes, this amendment did effect slavery this was because in the 13th amendment they wrote about the abolition of slavery, and slaves were mostly African Americans so they were included in the right to vote. Therefore the slaves were effected.

**6. How was this amendment effected by other amendments?**
This amendment was effected by other amendments because, It has a very similar topic with the 13th amendment and the 14 amendment. Click the link below

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_13_14_and_15_amendments

**7. How did this amendment change voting?**
There were more black elections and more African Americans held office. Click the link below for article/facts.

http://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/african-americans-and-the-15th-amendment

**8. How was voting before the 15th amendment?**
Before the 15th amendment there were no black elections and African American men were not allowed to vote. In addition to that, only white men were allowed to vote before the 15 amendment. Click in the link below to see the evidence...

http://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/african-americans-and-the-15th-amendment

**9. Were women allowed to vote under the 15th amendment?**
No women were not allowed to vote, because the 15th amendment only allowed African American men to vote. Click in the link below to see our reasoning'...

http://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/african-americans-and-the-15th-amendment

**10. Did the 15th amendment have more than one section?**
Yes, the 15 amendment did have 2 separate sections. Section 1- The rights of the United States to vote should not be based on race, color, or condition. Section 2- And that the Congress should have the power to enforce this amendment by proper legislation.

http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment15.htm


 * Essential question answer-Stefania Assalone-**

There were issues that prompted the creation of the 15th amendment. For example, two of the issues that prompted the creation of the 15th amendment were, that many states were wary of the 15th amendment mostly because they did not want Chinese and Irish immigrants to vote. Even then California and Oregon didn't ratify the amendment due to the large amounts of Chinese and Irish immigrants that lived there. It was not until almost 90 years later that these states would ratify the 15th amendment. And the other one is that during the civil war Radical Republicans in Congress introduced a series of laws and constitutional amendments to try and secure civil and political rights of African Americans.


 * Essential question answer-Michael Marcucilli-**

There were many impacts that the 15th amendment had on society at the time. There were more black elections and increased the amount of votes by a lot. African American men were now allowed to hold office. Many people didn't like the 15th amendment and joined gangs like the kkk. This also created the second section And that the Congress should have the power to enforce this amendment by proper legislation. This was made so that congress would enforce the amendment.


 * Current Events:**

Bernie Sanders had released an ad showing that he could care less if African-Americans lived or died. Every politician and political organizer has things that they learn to do by reflex. For example, if you work on a Democratic campaign, then you have to make sure that every flyer has a Union "bug" on it. These "bugs" make sure people know that it was printed in a union shop. And that cameras are always pointed to spots that are appropriately diverse. Many of the most liberal people serving in today's congress were elected by Southerners, and especially black southerners. The reality is that Sanders failed to earn their votes in part by treating the South as a lost cause. The black voters would prefer a familiar candidate such as Clinton over someone who's personal experience among African Americans is relatively limited, notwithstanding his participation in civil rights demonstrations, is hardly surprising. For decades the Clintons have worked for issues and protections important to the African American community.

My personal opinion would be that I absolutely agree that Bernie sanders will in fact not win the election. Because of how limited his black votes are, and his experience with them. I did this because not onlay does he not care about them, I see that he sees them as just numbers, waiting to vote, for him. Well that's where he is absolutely wrong because lots and lots of news reporters etc. have also gone against him, based on the article it seems as though not a lot of people really like him all too much. And just because he may state the facts about why he may need to win, he doesn't say it from the heart and doesn't reach out to help people. Just like how Hillary Clinton does whenever she starts to present her speech. Because sometimes relating to the people is all that they need to hear to vote and/or take their side of the argument.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics-live/liveblog/democratic-debate-live-blog-clinton-and-sanders-face-off-before-nevada-caucuses/