What persistent obstacles followed the 15th Amendment?

What persistent obstacles followed the 15th Amendment?

• A. Literacy tests, poll taxes, violence, and intimidation persisted.
• B. Universal suffrage for all races immediately.
• C. Federal troops left the South with no rights enforcement.
• D. The right to run for office was guaranteed without restrictions.

Answer: (A)

After the amendment extended voting rights to people of all races, barriers in practice continued to block many voters. Southern states used tactics designed to disenfranchise Black citizens, such as literacy tests that were rigged to fail most Black applicants, poll taxes that many could not afford, and widespread violence and intimidation by groups like the Ku Klux Klan and by local officials. These methods kept Black voters from the polls for decades, even though the constitutional guarantee existed. The other options don’t describe the ongoing barriers: universal suffrage for all races did not happen immediately, federal troops leaving didn’t by itself explain the persistent obstruction, and rights to run for office were not guaranteed without restrictions.

After the amendment extended voting rights to people of all races, barriers in practice continued to block many voters. Southern states used tactics designed to disenfranchise Black citizens, such as literacy tests that were rigged to fail most Black applicants, poll taxes that many could not afford, and widespread violence and intimidation by groups like the Ku Klux Klan and by local officials. These methods kept Black voters from the polls for decades, even though the constitutional guarantee existed. The other options don’t describe the ongoing barriers: universal suffrage for all races did not happen immediately, federal troops leaving didn’t by itself explain the persistent obstruction, and rights to run for office were not guaranteed without restrictions.