1870 hiram r revels a formerly enslaved man from missippi becomes thr first black american elected to us senate4
1875 southeren democrats used planned violence and intimidation to suppress voting in missippi plan
1878 mississippi reqquires its schools to be segregated by race
1880 missippi requries legislature invalidates interracial marriages
1890 mississippi adopts a new state constitution imposing poll taxes and literacy test
1986 mike espy becomes the first black mississippi elected to federal office since reconstruction
what do the events illustrate about political leaders in missipi following reconstruction
A the used legal and illegal methods of preventing blacck americans from exercising their rights
B they increased their political in fluence by extending suffrage to black americans and other groups
C their illegal methods of disenfraninsing black americans were met with widspread condemanation
D their atttempten to limit the political power of black amerivans were unorganized and sporadic
A) They used legal and illegal methods of preventing black Americans from exercising their rights.
A. They used legal and illegal methods of preventing black Americans from exercising their rights.
The events listed illustrate that the political leaders in Mississippi following Reconstruction used legal and illegal methods to prevent Black Americans from exercising their rights. From the election of Hiram R. Revels, the first Black American elected to the US Senate, to the adoption of the 1890 state constitution imposing poll taxes and literacy tests, it is clear that there was a systematic effort to disenfranchise Black Americans.
Answer: A. They used legal and illegal methods of preventing Black Americans from exercising their rights.