RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Which event occurred as a result of ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?
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Election of the first female senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton
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Election of the first American Indian senator, Robert Latham Owen
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Election of the first African American senator, Hiram Rhodes Revels
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Election of the first immigrant senator, George Washington Campbell
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment? African American families divided by slavery were reunited.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The area in which African Americans saw improvements after ratification of the fifteenth amendment was political.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office.
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