What Made the Declaration of Independence More of a Reality

question 58

Multiple Choice

What made the Declaration of Independence more of a reality for African Americans?

• A) celebrating July 4
• B) passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments
• C) rewriting the document to reflect race
• D) giving them their former slaveowners' land
• E) condemning Thomas Jefferson as a slaveowner

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