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When the 15th Amendment was passed following the Civil War, which of these groups benefitted MOST?

When the 15th Amendment was passed following the Civil War, which of these groups benefitted MOST?
A) women

B) young people

C) Asian Americans
Eliminate

D) African Americans

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d african americans


The correct answer would be African Americans. The 15th Amendment (1870) guarantees that the right to vote in the United States will not be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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D.
it allowed African Americans to vote. although it would it take almost a century to for it to benefit the majority of them since the south asked for literacy tests and poll taxes to discourage Africans from voting
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