How Is the Port Royal Experiment in Land Distribution an Example

question 64

Multiple Choice

How is the Port Royal experiment in land distribution an example of the failures of Reconstruction?

• A) The land was obtained by Native American tribes instead of African Americans.
• B) The land stayed under black ownership and control.
• C) The land remained in the hands of the federal government.
• D) The land soon reverted to private white ownership.

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