Which statement best summarizes the failure of Reconstruction and its effect on the political opportunities for African Americans in South Carolina?a. During Reconstruction, African Americans had no say in the formation of South

Carolina's 1868 Constitution.

b. At the end of Reconstruction, many African Americans lost the rights they had so recently won in South Carolina.

c. When Reconstruction was over, African Americans lost their citizenship rights
under the Fourteenth Amendment.

d. Reconstruction, even when overseen by Congress, failed to provide African
Americans essential political rights.

b. At the end of Reconstruction, many African Americans lost the rights they had so recently won in South Carolina.