Which of the Following Was Most Likely to Be Elected

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was most likely to be elected to political office in the South during Reconstruction?

• A) a southern black minister who had been free before the war
• B) a field hand who escaped and joined the Union army during the war
• C) an older slave who was freed when the war came to an end
• D) a northern black who came South after the war

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