Read this excerpt from the Fifteenth Amendment: Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 2

What resulted from the passage of this amendment?

A. Southern states refused to ratify it, so it could not be enforced
there

B. Women's suffrage was guaranteed soon afterward.

C. It was overturned by a later amendment.

D. Southern states passed laws to make it more difficult for African
Americans to vote.