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What effect did the Fifteenth Amendment have on the American political system?

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is the answer granted congress the power to pass civil rights legislation

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The main problem that the Fifteenth Amendment (which bans states from not allowing a person to vote based on their race) is that it was overlooked by many of the Southern states during Reconstruction, meaning that it led to a divided legislature. 
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