I believe the answer is increase :)
Answer:
After the 14th amendment, African people were granted with the right to obtain equal protection under the law and the right to vote during the election.
But, most of the states still made active efforts to limit the representation that African Americans have within the government.
For example, most southerns states require its people to pass literacy test before they can vote. These tests disqualified majority of African Americans to vote since most of them did not receive proper education during their slavery.
Answer:
The Constitution explicitly assigns the president the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.
Explanation:
a,b,c
(the wrong one is that they were treated equally and rarely discriminated against)