The 15th Amendment was added in 1869 to the United States Constitution for the former slave and children of former slaves, giving them the right to not be deny the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Making it one of the most important amendments that Congress has ever entered into the Constitution, according to many historians and families of minorities. Allowing the newly freed slaves and born free blacks to vote was something that the federal government needed to make the changes for a new world order that they were putting in to motion. One will understand that without this amendment the United States would not have the power that it has today. It was not just a want of the black man and his family but a need for the United States to include the very people whose blood, sweat, and tears were embedded in the very soil of this country. The 15th …show more content…
Grant wrote notifying them of the ratification of the 15th amendment before taking it into the Constitution. His letter addressed how the amendment is a need for the newly established United States, giving them the much needed 4,000,000 people who were once considered property to be able to vote as a people, giving the United States more power through its people. Being that the founding fathers wanted this nation to “ran by the people, for the people.” President Grant urged the congressmen that this would give their growing country more of a voice and that it would not take away the privilege that the white man holds in the country but giving the country’s power to the people that need it, putting the wellbeing of the growing nation in the hands of its people, become one of the greatest powers in the world lead by the voice of the people votes. With the freed black slaves and their children being counted into the country’s population President Grant believed it was the greatest civil change to occur since the nation came to