Question

The following excerpt was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1964: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax." Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxiv How does this constitutional amendment relate to one of the Reconstruction Amendments?

Answer 1

Answer:

How does this constitutional amendment relate to one of the Reconstruction Amendments?

Select one:

a. It protects rights guaranteed in the 15th Amendment.

b. It restates the rights provided in the 13th Amendment.

c. It reverses rights guaranteed in the 17th Amendment.

d. It defines rights stated in the 16th Amendment.

The correct answer is a. It protects rights guaranteed in the 15th Amendment.

Explanation:

Constitutional amendments are changes that made to a given constitution without changing the existing text of the document. The reconstruction amendments are amendments that were done after the civil war. The reconstruction amendment consists of three amendments in the United States which are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.  The above question, that is the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state because of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax was added to the 1964 constitution to protect rights guaranteed by the 15th amendments.