Which statement best describes the impact of the end of Reconstruction on African Americans in the South?
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Correct answer: Many lost political rights and faced segregation, violence, and economic exploitation
The end of Reconstruction allowed white supremacist governments to impose segregation and voting restrictions. African Americans faced violence, disfranchisement, and economic systems such as sharecropping.
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