Question

After ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, how many African Americans served in Congress in the late 1800s?

Answer 1

In 1870 the 15th Amendment was ratified, which guaranteed all males the right to vote, regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Within a few years, every Southern state legislature had African American members, and 11 African Americans had been elected to the U.S. Congress by 1875.

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Answer 2

B) about twenty

Explanation:

• The 15th Amendment granted African-American men voting rights which was adopted into the US Constitution in the year 1870.
• Notwithstanding the amendment, discriminatory practices were still  adopted at the end of the 1870s to avoid blacks, particularly in the south, from exercising their right to vote.
• It was not till the Voting Rights Act of 1965 legislative barriers at state and local levels were barred if they failed to allow African Americans to vote under the 15th Amendment.
• In all, about 20 African Americans served in the US Congress during Reconstruction