Question

Why did legislators and policymakers restrict access to the ballot as new amendments, like the 15th and 19th were added to the constitution

Answer 1

The Fifteenth Amendment had a significant loophole: it did not grant suffrage to all men, but only prohibited discrimination on the basis of race and former slave status. States could require voters to pass literacy tests or pay poll taxes -- difficult tasks for the formerly enslaved, who had little education or money.

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