Which amendment to the US Constitution barred denying the vote on account of race?
AThirteenth Amendment
BNineteenth Amendment
CFifteenth Amendment
DTwenty-Sixth Amendment
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, protected voting rights regardless of race, color or prior servitude.
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