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Impact of Reconstruction — Quiz

Question 6 • US History

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was significant because it

Answer
A
granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
B
granted suffrage to all African American men.
C
gave all adult African Americans the right to vote.
D
made it illegal to deny the right to vote due to race.

Explanation

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 required former Confederate states to let African American men vote as a condition of rejoining the Union. They did not grant voting rights to all adult African Americans everywhere; the Fifteenth Amendment later barred denying the vote because of race. So the best answer is “granted suffrage to all African American men.”

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