Question

question 5 of 10
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.²
what resulted from the passage of this amendment?
a. womens suffrage was guaranteed soon afterward.
b. southern states refused to ratify it, so it could not be enforced there.
c. it was overturned by a later amendment.
d. southern states passed laws to make it more difficult for african americans to vote.

Explanation:

The Fifteenth Amendment aimed to give African - American men the right to vote. However, after its passage, Southern states used methods like poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses (laws) to undermine this right and make it harder for African Americans to vote. Women's suffrage was guaranteed by the Nineteenth Amendment. The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified and not overturned. Southern states did ratify it (as Reconstruction required ratification of constitutional amendments for readmission in some cases), but then tried to subvert its intent.

Answer:

D. Southern states passed laws to make it more difficult for African Americans to vote.