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QuizMultiple Choice

Constitutional Amendments

Question 1 • Crowley Credit Recovery US History Studies Since 1877 A

Why did the issue of voting lead to another constitutional amendment in the late 1800s?

Answer
A
Congress decided to extend voting rights to White women.
B
African Americans had achieved equality in most other areas.
C
White Southerners experiencing poverty were blocked from voting by poll taxes.
D
Congress was worried that White Southerners would stop African Americans from voting.

Explanation

After the Civil War, Congress adopted the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 to protect African American men’s right to vote. It prohibited denying the vote because of race, color, or previous enslavement, responding to fears that white Southerners would prevent African Americans from voting. The correct choice is “Congress was worried that White Southerners would stop African Americans from voting.”

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