Question

Which statement best explains the reason Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment?
(1 point )
• to stop poll taxes from creating an economic barrier to voting in the South
• to guarantee the right to vote for women
• to protect the ability of Freedmen to participate in choosing a government through voting
• to guarantee equal protection under the law to Freedmen

Answer 1

The statement that best explains the reason Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment is:

• to protect the ability of Freedmen to participate in choosing a government through voting.

The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude," thereby aimed at ensuring that Freedmen (formerly enslaved individuals) could participate in the electoral process.