What Effect Did the Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment Have

question 15

Multiple Choice

What effect did the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment have on suffrage in the South?

• A)It threatened to expand the influence of the southern states in the federal government by nullifying the Three-fifths Compromise.
• B)It explicitly granted voting rights to black men though continuing to deny suffrage to all women,white or black.
• C)It did not explicitly grant voting rights to black men,but did lessen the federal representation of states which denied the franchise to black men.
• D)It cemented the dominance of the northern states by barring ex-Confederates from voting in federal elections or holding federal office.

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