Question 3 • RKAA- Second Semester Civics and Citizenship 0.5 New
Read the passage on the 14th Amendment.The 14th Amendment was one of three Reconstruction amendments passed after the Civil War. Section 2 of the amendment overturns the three-fifths rule for determining state representation in the US House of Representatives. It also declares that states cannot deny voting rights to male citizens 21 and older unless they have participated in a crime. The voting restriction was meant to punish Confederates for rebelling in the Civil War. However, states have used the restriction to prevent people convicted of crimes from voting. These laws have affected African Americans and Latinos unfairly.
Answer
A
States have allowed people to vote who should not have that right.
B
States have made every effort to honor the equal protection clause.
C
States have applied that part of the amendment as it was intended.
D
States have limited the amendment’s efforts to expand individual rights.
Explanation
The passage says the voting restriction was originally intended to punish Confederates, but states later used it to keep people convicted of crimes from voting. Because those laws have unfairly affected African Americans and Latinos, they have restricted voting rights rather than expanded them. Therefore, “States have limited the amendment’s efforts to expand individual rights” best describes the passage.
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