Why were some American women angered by the Fifteenth Amendment?
A) It gave voting rights only to white women, but not to African American women.
B) White women did not want African Americans to have the right to vote.
C) It gave voting rights to black men, but not to any women.
D) It did not make poll taxes or literacy tests illegal.
E) It allowed African Americans to vote in the North and South, but white women could vote only in the North.
Answer: C
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