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Did the fifteenth amendment succed in extending voting rights?
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Did the fifteenth amendment succed in extending voting rights?

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Not at first because of Jim Crow laws, literacy tests and such, but I'd say yes. 
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Yes, it gave the right to vote to black men, but unfortunately many were still unable to due to discriminatory practices that went against the amendment.  
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