The Fifteenth Amendment excluded which group? Group of answer choicesWomenAfrican AmericansChineseNaive Americans

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." However, it is essential to note that while the amendment aimed to enfranchise African American men, it did not extend the same voting rights to women or Native Americans.

1. Women were explicitly excluded from voting rights at the time of the Fifteenth Amendment's ratification, as they did not gain the right to vote until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

2. African Americans, particularly African American men, were the primary beneficiaries of the amendment's intent, although actual voting rights were often thwarted through discriminatory practices.

3. Chinese individuals experienced considerable legal and social obstacles, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which effectively barred them from U.S. citizenship and thus from voting.

4. Native Americans were not considered U.S. citizens at the time and were therefore also excluded from voting, gaining citizenship only with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

In summary, while the Fifteenth Amendment aimed to protect the voting rights of African American men, it failed to address the voting rights of women and Native Americans directly. Thus, the groups explicitly excluded by the Fifteenth Amendment primarily include women and Native Americans. Therefore, among the options provided, women is the correct answer.