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Of the african americans who held national political office following the civil war:

a. 2/3 were literate
b. 2/3 were renters
c. 2/3 were landowners
d. 2/3 were illiterate

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Step-by-step explanation:

During the Reconstruction period of 1865–1877, federal law provided civil rights protection in the U.S. South for freedmen,

the African as a result of elections in which paramilitary groups intimidated opponents, attacking blacks or preventing them from voting.

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