Identify ALL CORRECT motivations for the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870. A) A belief that Democrats would increase in representation in Congress. A belief that newly passed Black Codes would restrict recently freed slaves from voting C) A belief that black men getting the right to vote would pave the way for women to get the same right. D) A belief that Western states would use popular sovereignty to restrict the voting rights of freed slaves. E) A belief that the Confederacy would attempt to reestablish their military might through the political process.​