7.2.2 Quiz: Voting Rights in the United States
Question 6 of 10
2 Points
Read this excerpt from the Fifteenth Amendment:
Section 1. 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?
Why did this amendment require additional enforcement?
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A. Southern states created loopholes to prevent African Americans
from voting
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B. It gave African Americans voting rights without making them
citizens.
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C. Legislators failed to give the federal government the power to
force states to honor it.
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D. It was never ratified by a majority of states.