Circumvention of Fifteenth Amendment Voting Rights
Samuel was enslaved on a cotton plantation in southern Alabama prior to the Civil War. During Reconstruction, he was granted freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote. How were his Fifteenth Amendment rights most likely circumvented?
A
Through state laws explicitly prohibiting formerly enslaved individuals from voting.
B
The Fifteenth Amendment successfully eliminated all barriers to voting for formerly enslaved individuals.
C
Through the implementation of literacy tests and poll taxes.
D
Through widespread social discrimination that persisted despite the Fifteenth Amendment.
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