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Read the text excerpt to answer the question that follows:

"I say, now is the time to press this right. It may be asked, "Why do you want it? Some men have got along very well without it. Women have not this right." Shall we justify one wrong by another? This is a sufficient answer. Shall we at this moment justify the deprivation of the Negro of the right to vote, because someone else is deprived of that privilege?"

Which amendment satisfied the goal described in this statement?

A. Fifteenth Amendment
B. Nineteenth Amendment (THIS ANSWER IS WRONG)
C. Twenty-fourth Amendment
D. Twenty-sixth Amendment

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lalalandbaby
The answer is the fifteenth amendment because it's based on preventing the state and federal governments from allowing every race and color to vote
scalesinfatuated

Answer: The right answer is the A) The Fifteenth Amendment.

Explanation: This is an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' speech “What the Black Man Wants,” which he gave in 1865, before the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Boston. In it, he requested that African Americans be granted the right to vote, or enfranchisement, claiming that the fact that women, too, were not allowed to vote was not a justification for such deprivation.

The Fifteenth Amendmnent to the U.S Constitution declares that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This is specifically what Frederick Douglass was defending in his speech - the other Amendments also protect the right to vote, but based on other premises.  

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