In What Way Was Reconstruction Policy a Success

question 103

Multiple Choice

In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

• A) It brought suffrage for women.
• B) It resulted in land being given to former slaves across the South.
• C) It resulted in fair elections by the late 1870s in the South.
• D) It established an amendment promising equal protection for all.
• E) It industrialized the South on the same level as the North.

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