Question

Racial tensions continued in Georgia, even after African Americans were granted citizenship by the Fourteenth Amendment. This was evidenced by their removal from the Georgia General Assembly in 1868. What did it take for this removal to finally be reversed, allowing black citizens to serve in the Georgia Assembly again?

Answer 1

Answer:D

Explanation: The US Congress had to pass an act, and sent in military support to help maintain order. It took two years and federal intervention to reverse their renewal.

Answer 2

One of the most succesful black Republican politicians of that time: Henry McNeal Turner from the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) sucessfully led the removed members to lobby the federal government to reseat them.