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Civil War
When the Civil War ended in 1865, major questions emerged about who, exactly, was entitled to the right to vote. -
Elections of Ulysses S. Grant President
After the election of Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency in 1868, Congress proposed a new amendment that would ban all restrictions on the right to vote regarding ethnicity and prior slave status. -
Fight
People were fighting because President Grant wanted to let black men vote. -
President thoughts of letting black men vote
The President and the Congress were thinking about creating the 15th amendment letting black men to vote. -
15th Amendment Ratified
In spite of heavy opposition by the Southern delegations, Congress ratified the Fifteenth Amendment on February 3, 1870.