ssing rebellion _shall be
paid_; and that debts incurred in aid of rebellion _shall not be paid_. It
applies not only to the late Civil War but to all future wars of the same
kind.

ARTICLE XV.

SUFFRAGE.

_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._

_Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation._

This amendment was intended to put negroes upon the same footing as white
people in the matter of suffrage.

Each state, as has previously been stated, prescribes the qualifications
of voters within its borders. It may require that they be fifteen or
twenty-five or twenty-one or any other number of years old; it may or may
not require a property qualification; it may or may not require an
educational qualification; it may include or exclude women as voters; it
may draw the line at imbeciles and felons, but it cannot draw the color
line. A black citizen must be permitted to vote upon the same conditions
as a white one.

_Pertinent Questions._

What is meant by a state "repudiating" a debt? What states have done so?
What reason did each assign for doing so? Can a city repudiate? A county?

Were amendments XIII., XIV., and XV. constitutionally adopted? [Footnote:
See Wright, 284; Andrews, 272; and Pomeroy, 76.]

How was slavery abolished in each of the states? [Footnote: See page 343.]
What does the emancipation proclamation say about slavery? Can slavery
exist in Alaska? Why?

Are you a citizen of the United States? How may an alien become a citizen?
May a person be a citizen of the United States without being a citizen of
any state? A citizen of a state without being a citizen of the United
States? [Footnote: See Wright, 287.] How does a citizen of the United
States become a citizen of a certain state? What are some of the
"privileges and immunities" of a citizen of the United States? [Footnote:
See Wright, 287.] Can a Chinaman become a citizen? An Indian? Does this
section give women the right to vote?

What provision of the constitution is amended by the second clause of the
fourteenth amendment? What change is made? How often does the "counting"
take place? What is it called? When will the next one occur? Has the
penalty mentioned in the second clause ever been inflicted?

Name persons affected by the third clause of the fourteenth