What powers are implied by those? 1. All money raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools and all money which may be appropriated by the commonwealth for the support of common schools shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools ...

2. To provide and maintain a Navy.

3. To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.

payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.