All of the Following Are True About African American Involvement

question 66

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about African American involvement in the political arena during Reconstruction EXCEPT:

• A) their lack of education and inexperience in politics put them at a disadvantage
• B) within a few years of the end of the Civil War, former slaves were voting in large numbers
• C) several African Americans were elected as governors
• D) few African Americans served as judges
• E) in the new state governments, African American participation was a novelty

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