Question 9 of 10 Read this excerpt from the Fifteenth Amendment: Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.2 Why did this amendment require additional enforcement? A. It was never ratified by a majority of states. B. It gave African Americans voting rights without making them citizens. C. Southern states created loopholes to prevent African Americans from voting D. Legislators failed to give the federal government the power to force states to honor it