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Which statement best explains why women's-rights activists were dissatisfied with the Fifteenth Amendment?


A They wanted the amendment to guarantee equal civil rights as well as equal voting rights.

B They felt women should gain the right to vote at the same time emancipated slaves did.

C They worried that Congress wasn't given enough power to protect the rights granted in the amendment.

D They believed states would be able to use the amendment to increase restrictions on women's political participation.

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the one that best explains why women's rights activists were dissatisfied with the fifteenth amendment is :
They wanted the amendment to guarantee equal civil rights as well as equal voting right
Back then,  only men were allowed to vote so women got no representative in the government

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The statement that explained the dissatisfaction of the women rights activists with the Fifteenth Amendment was that they wanted the amendment should relate to equal rights in all respects.

Option A is correct.

What was Fifteenth Amendment?

Fifteenth Amendment was inserted in the constitution of US that provides the right to vote for men especially, the black men or the African American males. It was adopted after the end of Civil war in the year 1870.

  • The black people were very tortured and mistreated in the southern region of the US country by the whites and made them their slaves. The fifteenth amendment was inserted to provide them the protection from the discrimination based on racial class in respect of voting.
  • After this amendment, the female rights activists were against the amendment and they wanted a revision to it. They wanted that the rights should be equally provided whether the civil rights or the voting rights.

Therefore, the statement that explains about dissatisfaction of women is described in the option A.

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