Which statement best describes the relationship between the Fifteenth Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
A. The Fifteenth Amendment offered African Americans equal
protection under federal law, and the Voting Rights Act extended
those protections to the states.
B. The Fifteenth Amendment gave African Americans the right to
vote, and the Voting Rights Act outlawed legal loopholes states
used to disenfranchise them.
C. The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed African Americans
economic rights, and the Voting Rights Act gave them equal
political rights.
D. The Fifteenth Amendment ended slavery for African Americans,
and the Voting Rights Act granted them the right to participate in
the political process.