Question

If all freed slaves were granted the right to vote, why was the 15th Amendment needed?
To overturn Jim Crow laws and undermine the Ku Klux Klan
To create zones of safety around the polls to protect all voters
To grant the vote to women in addition to African-Americans
To grant voting rights to African-Americans in Northern and border states

Answer 1

i think its d but can someone make sure?

Answer 2

In 1867, Congress passed a law requiring the former Confederate states to include black male suffrage in their new state constitutions. Ironically, even though African American men began voting in the South after 1867, the majority of Northern states continued to deny them this basic right.

In the North, the Republican’s once-huge voter majority over the Democratic Party was declining. Radical Republican leaders feared that they might lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

One solution to this problem called for including the black man’s vote in all Northern states.
Republicans assumed the new black voters would vote Republican just as their brothers were doing in the South. By increasing its voters in the North and South, the Republican Party could then maintain its stronghold in Congress.

The Republicans, however, faced an incredible dilemma. The idea of blacks voting was not popular in the North. In fact, several Northern states had recently voted against black male suffrage.


I say its D

Answer 3

thank you!