"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."
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
What was the main goal of the 15th Amendment?

A) to punish southern states
B) to avoid another Civil War
C) to granting women the right to vote
D) to grant former slaves voting rights

 D)to grant former slaves voting rights

Explanation: The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments all deal with issues that surrounded the Civil War. The

Fifteenth Amendment was created to grant former slaves voting rights, as well as all people- regardless of race- born in the United States.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”