Question

What accounts for the rapid change from Republican domination of South Carolina House of Representatives to Democratic domination?

Answer 1

Laws passed during Reconstruction, especially the 14th and 15th Amendments, significantly expanded the scope of American citizenship and extended political rights to millions of black Americans. In 1868, South Carolina had the first state legislature with a black majority. This image includes 63 of the legislature’s members, and it was distributed throughout South Carolina by opponents of Radical Reconstruction.

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