Question

What happened to African Americans in the South after Reconstruction? Check all of the boxes that apply.
×They were prevented from voting.
×They became a powerful political force.
×They became economically successful.
×Many lived in poverty.
×They were kept separate from white society.

Answer 1

The Freed Slaves

Southern states undermined efforts at equality with laws designed to disfranchise blacks, despite of a series of federal equal-rights laws.

African-American freed slaves in the South faced a number of struggles after the Civil War.

General William Tecumseh Sherman passed an ordinance guaranteeing recently freed slaves land after his March to the Sea, but his orders had no force of law and were overturned.

In the 1870s, Democrats gradually returned to power in the Southern states, sometimes as a result of elections in which paramilitary groups intimidated opponents, attacking blacks or preventing them from voting.

Blacks were still elected to local offices in the 1880s, but the establishment Democrats were passing laws to make voter registration and electoral rules more restrictive. As a result, political participation by most blacks and many poor whites began to decrease

Answer 2

Answer:

A,D,E

Explanation:

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