What led to the disbanding of the American Equal Rights Association and the subsequent formation of two rival women's suffrage organizations?
A. The failure to include women in the Fifteenth Amendment
B. The outbreak of the Civil War
C. The ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
D. The passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
E. The conclusion of the Civil War
Answer: A
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