The Fifteenth Amendment
A) prohibited the states from infringing on the rights of citizens.
B) defined U.S.citizenship.
C) extended black male suffrage to the entire nation.
D) outlawed slavery.

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The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1870 and extended suffrage (the right to vote) to black males in the entire nation, regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It did not apply to women, and many states found ways to suppress black voters through tactics such as poll taxes and literacy tests. The Fifteenth Amendment did not prohibit states from infringing on the rights of citizens or define U.S. citizenship. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery.