Which statement best explains the reason Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment?(1 point) Responses to stop poll taxes from creating an economic barrier to voting in the South to stop poll taxes from creating an economic barrier to voting in the South to protect the ability of Freedmen to participate in choosing a government through voting to protect the ability of Freedmen to participate in choosing a government through voting to guarantee equal protection under the law to Freedmen to guarantee equal protection under the law to Freedmen to guarantee the right to vote for women

to protect the ability of Freedmen to participate in choosing a government through voting.