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Which statement best explains changes in political power in South Carolina after Reconstruction?
A. Local governments gained more political power and lawmaking abilities compared to the state government.
B. The adoption of the 1895 Constitution limited the political power of non-White and non-wealthy groups in South Carolina.
C. Black Americans were elected as state senators, allowing them to guarantee voting rights for formerly enslaved peoples.
D. Reconstruction guaranteed equal political rights for sharecroppers and freedmen for the long term.
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B.
The 1895 South Carolina Constitution put in place poll taxes, literacy and property requirements and other measures that effectively disenfranchised Black people and many poor whites, reversing Reconstruction-era gains. (A is incorrect because power was centralized under white Democratic rule; C and D are false—Black officeholding occurred mainly during Reconstruction and long‑term equal political rights were not secured.)
The 1895 South Carolina Constitution put in place poll taxes, literacy and property requirements and other measures that effectively disenfranchised Black people and many poor whites, reversing Reconstruction-era gains. (A is incorrect because power was centralized under white Democratic rule; C and D are false—Black officeholding occurred mainly during Reconstruction and long‑term equal political rights were not secured.)
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