Question

which statement best describe a consequence of reconstruction policies during the 1870s

Answer 1

Reconstruction-era policies often failed to protect African Americans from racial violence and safeguard their political rights.

Answer 2

Answer:

Reconstruction era began after the Civil War in America.  The main goal was to try to correct the issue of Southern states' politics, economic, and social, along with the inequities of slavery. The Reconstruction policies often fail to protect the African American freed slaves in the South. African American often faced racial violence and discrimination. Southern Whites stopped them from voting, which threatened their political rights.