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Question 3 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 A

After ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment,

Answer
A
voting rights could not be denied based on race.
B
voting rights could not be denied based on gender.
C
poll taxes became illegal and unconstitutional.
D
literacy tests became illegal and unconstitutional.

Explanation

The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited denying or abridging a citizen’s right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It did not prohibit discrimination based on gender; that protection came later with the Nineteenth Amendment. Poll taxes and literacy tests were not made unconstitutional by the Fifteenth Amendment itself.

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