Question

One of the major failures of Reconstruction efforts was that:
A.
the Freedmen's Bureau was taken over by Southern plantation owners.
B.
African Americans lost their civil rights when federal troops left the South.
C.
maintaining martial law in the South greatly weakened the U.S. military.
D.
Congress refused to admit African Americans elected to represent the South.

Answer 1

One of the major failures of Reconstruction efforts was that:

**B. African Americans lost their civil rights when federal troops left the South.**

This event marked the end of federal protection for African Americans in the South, leading to the establishment of Jim Crow laws and the erosion of civil rights for Black individuals.