Reread the following passage from the text about the fourteenth amendment: under the fourteenth amendment, any state that denied any male citizen age 21 or older the right to vote would have its representation in congress reduced. republicans believed that freedmen would be able to defend their rights if they could vote. republicans hoped the impact of the amendment on life in the united states would be to secure basic political rights for african americans in the south. that goal would take a century to achieve. what would happen if a state refused to comply with the fourteenth amendment? a. the state legislature would fall under the control of the federal government. b. the state would have less political power. c. the state would be forced to adopt the civil rights act. d. the state would have its voting rights suspended by the supreme court.