D267 U.S. History Stories of an American Democracy – PASSED Task 2 2025
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A1. One key argument supporting the Fifteenth Amendment was
that any man in the U.S. had the right to vote and could not be
discriminated against by their race, color, or previous condition of
servitude in section 1 of the amendment. It still only counted for men
in the United States. Henry McNeal Turner believed and argued that if
black men fought and died in a war to serve our country, they had a
right to vote. (Turner, 1870, page 11)
A2. One key argument opposing the Fifteenth Amendment was that
this granted all men the right to vote, but all women were left out.
Women’s rights activists and Abolitionists thought that every citizen
in America had the right to vote, women included, though this took
years to be put into place.
A3. There were many actions the supporters of the Fifteenth
Amendment took to lead to its ratification. Black abolitionists, from the
beginning, fought to end slavery. They advocated for equality for all.
They even teamed up with white abolitionists to form a larger
movement, but after the Civil War, that dwindled. Black Abolitionists
wrote letters, gave speeches, and even managed Anti-slavery ofÏces,
making the movement even more credible. On March 30, 1870,
General Ulysses S. Grant gave a speech upon entering ofÏce.
Regarding voting rights, he said, “It seems to me very desirable
that this question should be settled now, and I entertain the hope and
express the desire that it may be by the ratification of the fifteenth
article of amendment to the Constitution.” (“President Ulysses S.
, Grant’s First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1869) (U.S. National Park
Service),” n.d.)
A4. The stated purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment was to grant
any man the right to vote without discrimination of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude. That was not the case. African
Americans were still being discriminated against. The KKK horrified
these people, and the violence they endured was unimaginable even
after these laws were passed. African Americans were pretty much
forced back into slavery as “Sharecroppers” or “Tenant Farmers”
since they needed a place to go and had nowhere. They worked on
the land for room and board but did not get paid a wage and
passed Western Governors University
A1. One key argument supporting the Fifteenth Amendment was
that any man in the U.S. had the right to vote and could not be
discriminated against by their race, color, or previous condition of
servitude in section 1 of the amendment. It still only counted for men
in the United States. Henry McNeal Turner believed and argued that if
black men fought and died in a war to serve our country, they had a
right to vote. (Turner, 1870, page 11)
A2. One key argument opposing the Fifteenth Amendment was that
this granted all men the right to vote, but all women were left out.
Women’s rights activists and Abolitionists thought that every citizen
in America had the right to vote, women included, though this took
years to be put into place.
A3. There were many actions the supporters of the Fifteenth
Amendment took to lead to its ratification. Black abolitionists, from the
beginning, fought to end slavery. They advocated for equality for all.
They even teamed up with white abolitionists to form a larger
movement, but after the Civil War, that dwindled. Black Abolitionists
wrote letters, gave speeches, and even managed Anti-slavery ofÏces,
making the movement even more credible. On March 30, 1870,
General Ulysses S. Grant gave a speech upon entering ofÏce.
Regarding voting rights, he said, “It seems to me very desirable
that this question should be settled now, and I entertain the hope and
express the desire that it may be by the ratification of the fifteenth
article of amendment to the Constitution.” (“President Ulysses S.
, Grant’s First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1869) (U.S. National Park
Service),” n.d.)
A4. The stated purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment was to grant
any man the right to vote without discrimination of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude. That was not the case. African
Americans were still being discriminated against. The KKK horrified
these people, and the violence they endured was unimaginable even
after these laws were passed. African Americans were pretty much
forced back into slavery as “Sharecroppers” or “Tenant Farmers”
since they needed a place to go and had nowhere. They worked on
the land for room and board but did not get paid a wage and
