Question

The Prostrate State depicts: Group of answer choices an ailing slave who is unable to live long enough to see emancipation. South Carolina under allegedly corrupt Negro rule during Reconstruction. an economically weak South unable to contribute to the national economy. a terrorized black community during the reign of the Ku Klux Klan. an apathetic Congress that has given up on Reconstruction after 1870.

Answer 1

South Carolina under allegedly corrupt Negro rule during Reconstruction.

Step-by-step explanation:

James Shepherd Pike's "The Prostrate State: South Carolina Under Negro Government" is his personal account of the state of South Carolina as a prostrate state. The book details the acts of the negro legislators and their inability to maintain decorum in their management of the affairs of the public.

The book depicts the South Carolina state under a corrupt government and leaders. He termed the situation as "a mass of black barbarism", showing the state as being under corrupt Negro rule during the Reconstruction period.

Thus, the correct answer is the second option.