Question

All of the following increased participation in the political process in the 20th century EXCEPT the ____________________.

• A. 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
• B. 17th Amendment, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators.
• C. 14th Amendment, granting civil rights to freedmen and women.
• D. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• E. passage of state referendum acts.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

14th Amendment, granting civil rights to freedmen and women.

All of the following increased participation in the political process in the 20th century except the 14th Amendment, granting civil rights to freedmen and women. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.