Which of the following statements is true about the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and their impact after the Reconstruction Era ended?
A. These amendments split the country, with only Southern states obeying the amendments by making African Americans totally equal.
B. These amendments were virtually ignored in the South and did not contribute to the equal status of blacks until the middle of the 20th century.
C. These amendments were effective tools that allowed black Southern citizens to integrate into the industrial economy of the late 1800s.
D. These amendments improved the lives of most African Americans in the South during the post-Reconstruction Era by providing land to former slaves.