In early 1866, when states undertook to vote on the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the amendment was ________________.
A. supported by President Johnson.
B. rejected by all Southern legislatures except Tennessee's.
C. approved by the Southern states and then withdrawn by Congress.
D. supported by prominent women's rights activists but received little additional support.
Answer: B
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