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African Americans and Reconstruction

Question 1 • (AG Q4) American History 8: 25-26 (AHostetler)

Which best explains why there were no African Americans serving in the US House of Representatives by 1887?

Answer
A
Many African American politicians had left office to work for the Freedmen’s Bureau.
B
Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.
C
African Americans were focusing on politics on the state level rather than the national level.
D
African American politicians mainly chose to run for the US Senate instead of the House.
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