Question

Following the end of the Reconstruction era, African Americans in the South were A) forced relocate to urban areas in the north and northeast. B) forbidden from working on the land once owned by slaveholders. C) given the land and livestock promised to them after the Civil War. D) often forced to prove their literacy before exercising their voting rights.

Answer 1

The correct answer is actually D

Answer 2

Following the end of the Reconstruction Era, African Americans in the south were often forced to prove their literacy before exercising their voting rights.

Option (D)

Explanation:

• During the war, attempts were made to redress inequalities in terms of slavery polity social-economic legacy. Post-war consequences are dynamic in nature. Many of them including slaves became officeholders and Republicans.
• Post the constitutional amendment highlights the moral right to vote for the blacks. They were given the right of voting however they did not dominate any electoral offices. In several states, blacks did not allow to vote by making legal barriers like literacy exams and taxes on literacy.

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Which statement is true regarding the end of the Reconstruction era?

A) By 1877, every southern state was controlled by the Republican party.

Eliminate

B) By 1877, Democrats had regained political power in all southern states.

C) By 1877, African-Americans in the South had achieved political and social equality.

D) By 1877, the federal government had achieved all of its goals in the reconstruction of southern politics and society.

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