What was the Fifteenth Amendment? What are two ways Southern states were able to evade (get around) this amendment?

Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means, Southern states were able to effectively disenfranchise African Americans. So Poll taxes, literacy tests, and an African American criminal background would strip them from the right to vote.

Explanation:

the answer is c sharecroppers were trapped in a cycle of poverty and debt.

explanation:

one of the major disadvantages of sharecropping system is that the sharecroppers or the planters are stucked in an unhealthy cycle of debts. this happens because planters will be allowed to loan merchandise from the land-owner and will soon be paid by the farmer in his share in the farm come harvest time. hope this !

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