What Effect Did the Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment Have

Multiple Choice

What effect did the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment have on suffrage in the South?

A) It threatened to expand the influence of the southern states in the federal government by nullifying the Three-fifths Compromise.
B) It explicitly granted voting rights to black men though continuing to deny suffrage to all women,white or black.
C) It did not explicitly grant voting rights to black men,but did lessen the federal representation of states which denied the franchise to black men.
D) It cemented the dominance of the northern states by barring ex-Confederates from voting in federal elections or holding federal office.