What did the 15th Amendment do?

As described in the text, the Voting Rights Act was a solution created to address what problem?

Read these sentences from the text: "After the U.S. Civil War (1861‐65), the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited states from denying a male citizen the right to vote based on 'race, color or previous condition of servitude.' Nevertheless, in the ensuing decades, various discriminatory practices were used to prevent African Americans, particularly those in the South, from exercising their right to vote. [...] "Although the Voting Rights Act passed, state and local enforcement of the law was weak and it often was ignored outright, mainly in the South and in areas where the proportion of blacks in the population was high and their vote threatened the political status quo." Based on the evidence in the text, what inference can you make about the reaction many southern states have had to civil rights laws?

Why might the number of African American members in the House and Senate have increased between 1965 and 1971?

What is the main idea of this passage?

Read these sentences from the text: "During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, voting rights activists in the South were subjected to various forms of mistreatment and violence. One event that outraged many Americans occurred on March 7, 1965, when peaceful participants in a voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery were met by Alabama state troopers who attacked them with nightsticks, tear gas and whips after they refused to turn back. Some protesters were severely beaten, and others ran for their lives." Based on this evidence, what is the meaning of the phrase "subjected to" in this excerpt?

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. __________ African American men were given the right to vote by the 15th Amendment, various discriminatory practices still prevented them from exercising this right.