Question

Which statement best describes the government of Southern states during Presidential Reconstruction?

It included former Confederates who helped pass laws to restrict the rights of African Americans.
It included former Unionists who helped pass laws with more protections for African Americans.
It included newly elected African Americans who helped create local chapters of Freedmen’s Bureaus.
It included newly elected farmers who lobbied for a new sharecropping system for African Americans.

Answer 1

It included former Confederates who helped pass laws to restrict the rights of African Americans.

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