Which amendment prohibits denying a citizen's right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

• A. Thirteenth Amendment
• B. Fifteenth Amendment
• C. Nineteenth Amendment
• D. Fourteenth Amendment

Answer: (B)

The Fifteenth Amendment protects the right to vote from being denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Ratified in 1870 during Reconstruction, it built on the Thirteenth Amendment (which ended slavery) and the Fourteenth Amendment (which guaranteed citizenship and equal protection) by explicitly prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. The Nineteenth Amendment addresses voting rights based on sex, and the Fourteenth Amendment covers citizenship and equal protection more broadly. So this amendment is the one that specifically prevents denying the vote for racial reasons.