Question

Study the bulleted list below and answer the question that follows:
• Poll taxes
• Literacy tests
• Grandfather clauses
The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the -
(1 point)
O Compromise of 1850
O Fifteenth Amendment
O Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
O Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

Answer 1

The measures in the list—poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses—are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the **Fifteenth Amendment**, which granted African American men the right to vote. Therefore, the correct answer is:

**O Fifteenth Amendment**