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What was the effect of the 15th Amendment?

A.
It legalized the “separate but equal” doctrine.
B.
It gave black men the right to vote.
C.
It struck down the Jim Crow laws in the South.
D.
It made former slaves citizens of the United States.

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The closest answer is B, but in the text it actually prohibits the government from infringing on a citizen's right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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