Attempts by the U

question 50

Multiple Choice

Attempts by the U.S.government to ensure that blacks enjoyed equal citizenship in fact as well as in theory after the Civil War _______.

• A) were generally successful with few exceptions
• B) were blocked by Republicans in Congress
• C) essentially ended by the time Reconstruction was completed and were not reinitiated until the civil rights era
• D) were not successful until the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
• E) were not successful until the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment

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