What Happened After the End of Reconstruction

question 17

Multiple Choice

What happened after the end of Reconstruction?

• A) The freedmen remained a powerful force in southern politics and made Reconstruction a successful experiment in interracial democracy.
• B) Women filled the power vacuum that Reconstruction had created and soon held positions of political power in city legislatures.
• C) The South embarked on a path toward rapid industrial development as it fought to compete with the North again economically.
• D) The protections of black civil rights crumbled under the pressure of restored white rule and unfavorable Supreme Court decisions.
• E) The majority of blacks migrated out of the South because conditions were so difficult in the wake of the war.

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