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The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment led to
a ban on giving literacy tests to people in the southern states so they could vote.
more African Americans being elected to all levels of government.
the establishment of grandfather clauses that helped African Americans in the voting booth.
poll taxes being outlawed because they were discriminatory.
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Correct answer: more African Americans being elected to all levels of government.
Why: The 15th Amendment (1870) prohibited denying the vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, which enfranchised many Black men during Reconstruction and led to Black citizens winning local, state, and federal offices (e.g., Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce in the U.S. Senate). The other choices are incorrect: the amendment did not ban literacy tests (those and poll taxes were later used to suppress Black voting), grandfather clauses were created to help white voters, and poll taxes were not outlawed until the 20th century (and by later amendments and court rulings).
Why: The 15th Amendment (1870) prohibited denying the vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, which enfranchised many Black men during Reconstruction and led to Black citizens winning local, state, and federal offices (e.g., Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce in the U.S. Senate). The other choices are incorrect: the amendment did not ban literacy tests (those and poll taxes were later used to suppress Black voting), grandfather clauses were created to help white voters, and poll taxes were not outlawed until the 20th century (and by later amendments and court rulings).
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