Why was the fifteenth amendment necessary?

1.) there was no preexisting provision to allow former slaves to become citizens.
2.)the emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in the states that had seceded.
3.)freedmen and women needed government support to begin farming on their own.
4.)many freedmen were denied the right to vote.

select one of the answers !

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.

The law of increasing costs states that as a country produces less of one product and more of another, there is an increase in the resources needed to expand production of the second product.

The diagram shows fossils buried in layers of rock. which conclusion is best supported by the diagram?