In 1866, Congress proposed the Fourteenth Amendment which was finally ratified by the states in 1868. What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
A. It gave all male citizens, regardless of race, the right to vote.
B. It gave all citizens, regardless of race or gender, the right to vote.
C. It took away the rights of residents of southern states to vote.
D. None of the above.

Question

In 1866, Congress proposed the Fourteenth Amendment which was finally ratified by the states in 1868. What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
	A.	It gave all male citizens, regardless of race, the right to vote.
	B.	It gave all citizens, regardless of race or gender, the right to vote.
	C.	It took away the rights of residents of southern states to vote.
	D.	None of the above.

anonymous · Answer

Well the answer looks like B...

But the amendment did not include womens rights to vote until 1971. This is a tough one as they could be asking about just the original amendment or the clases assosiated with it.