Which amendment prohibits slavery but does not grant voting rights?

• A. 13th Amendment
• B. 14th Amendment
• C. 15th Amendment
• D. Black Codes

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is the separation between ending slavery and giving people the right to vote. The amendment that bans slavery and involuntary servitude, with a specific exception for punishment for crime, is the one that accomplishes abolition but does not address voting rights. That makes it the best answer for this question, because it directly ends the practice of slavery without granting or restricting who can vote.

In the larger context, voting rights were addressed later through other amendments. The 14th Amendment defines citizenship and guarantees equal protection and due process, but it doesn’t by itself grant the right to vote. The 15th Amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, but it does not abolish slavery. Black Codes were state laws aimed at restricting freedoms after the Civil War, not an amendment that ends slavery.

So, the amendment that prohibits slavery but does not grant voting rights is the one that ended slavery first, making it the correct choice.