Directions: Please type a paragraph (5-7 sentences) response. Please respond respectfully to (a minimum of) two of your classmates responses. While we study remotely-this will be the expectation for each writing prompt. Prompt: Discuss the 15th Amendment. Why was it controversial for the time period it was considered? What challenges existed to getting it added to the Constitution? Use evidence to support your claims.

Use the text to answer the question. (20) for a trivial offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence, and for a serious offence correspondingly, but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood. . (21) earls and barons shall be fined only by their equals, and in proportion to the gravity of their offence. —english translation of the magna carta, courtesy of the british library how does this excerpt reflect the benefits and drawbacks of the magna carta? a) the document reduces the power of the central government but does not secure the rights of citizens. b) the document promotes democratic governance but without protecting civic participation. c) the document provides protections for english citizens but does not provide equal protections. d)the document provides for the rule of law but does not extend that rule to the monarch.