Question

Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by
drafting and passing the Voting Rights Act.
denying all female citizens the right to vote.
appointing new officials to monitor elections.
establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.

Answer 1

Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by **establishing poll taxes and literacy tests**. These measures were used to circumvent the rights granted by the amendment, effectively disenfranchising many African American voters and poor white voters in the South.