Review the list of events and answer the question.
1870: Hiram R. Revels, a formerly enslaved man from Mississippi, becomes the first Black American elected to the US Senate.
1875: Southern Democrats used planned violence and intimidation to suppress voting in the "Mississippi Plan."
1878: Mississippi requires its schools to be segregated by race.
1880: The Mississippi legislature invalidates interracial marriages.
1890: Mississippi adopts a new state constitution imposing poll taxes and literacy tests.
1986: Mike Espy becomes the first Black Mississippian elected to federal office since Reconstruction.
What do the events illustrate about political leaders in Mississippi following Reconstruction?
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Responses
Their attempts to limit the political power of Black Americans were unorganized and sporadic.
Their illegal methods of disenfranchising Black Americans were met with widespread condemnation.
They increased their political influence by extending suffrage to Black Americans and other groups.
They used legal and illegal methods of preventing Black Americans from exercising their rights.
They used legal and illegal methods of preventing Black Americans from exercising their rights.
The events listed illustrate that political leaders in Mississippi following Reconstruction used both legal and illegal methods to prevent Black Americans from exercising their rights. Specifically, the events show that Mississippi implemented policies to suppress Black voting, such as the use of violence and intimidation in the "Mississippi Plan" in 1875, the imposition of poll taxes and literacy tests in the state constitution of 1890, and the invalidation of interracial marriages in 1880. These actions clearly demonstrate a deliberate effort to limit the political power and rights of Black Americans. As such, the correct answer is: They used legal and illegal methods of preventing Black Americans from exercising their rights.
so which one is the answer
Their attempts to limit the political power of Black Americans were unorganized and sporadic.
Their illegal methods of disenfranchising Black Americans were met with widespread condemnation.
They increased their political influence by extending suffrage to Black Americans and other groups.
They used legal and illegal methods of preventing Black Americans from exercising their rights.