Which of the Following Statements About the Role of African

Which of the following statements about the role of African Americans in southern politics is correct?

A) No African Americans were elected to the U.S.House of Representatives during the Reconstruction Era.
B) No African Americans had the right to vote in the postwar South until long after the Restoration Era.
C) Black military veterans formed the core of the first generation of African American political leaders in the postwar South.
D) Ex-Confederate whites maintained the same rights as before the war, which successfully kept African Americans from entering politics.
E) Most black political leaders were part of the Democratic state legislatures and had not been former slaves.