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What gains did African Americans make with the passage of the Fifteenth

Amendment?

A/Many were educated before the war

B/Many were allowed to take over plantations.

C/Many were elected to local or national political offices.

D/Many sought to move North to get factory jobs

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Answer:

C. Many were elected to local or national political offices.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

C. Many were elected to local or national political offices.

it used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

It wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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