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After ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment,
voting rights could not be denied based on race.
voting rights could not be denied based on gender.
poll taxes became illegal and unconstitutional.
literacy tests became illegal and unconstitutional.
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Correct answer: voting rights could not be denied based on race.
Explanation:
- The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified 1870) prohibits denying the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
- It did not address gender; women’s suffrage came later with the Nineteenth Amendment (ratified 1920).
- Poll taxes were not outlawed by the Fifteenth Amendment; the 24th Amendment (1964) banned them in federal elections and the Supreme Court (Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, 1966) struck them down for state elections.
- Literacy tests were not made unconstitutional by the Fifteenth Amendment; they were effectively eliminated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and related enforcement).
Explanation:
- The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified 1870) prohibits denying the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
- It did not address gender; women’s suffrage came later with the Nineteenth Amendment (ratified 1920).
- Poll taxes were not outlawed by the Fifteenth Amendment; the 24th Amendment (1964) banned them in federal elections and the Supreme Court (Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, 1966) struck them down for state elections.
- Literacy tests were not made unconstitutional by the Fifteenth Amendment; they were effectively eliminated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and related enforcement).
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