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C. Reconstruction afforded blacks freedom and voting rights, but also created an interracial struggle that often erupted in violence against blacks.
The correct answer is C) Reconstruction afforded blacks freedom and voting rights, but also created an interracial struggle that often erupted in violence against blacks.
The statement that best describes how Reconstruction affected Southern blacks is "Reconstruction afforded blacks freedom and voting rights, but also created an interracial struggle that often erupted in violence against blacks."
After the US Civil War, the Reconstruction period represented the possibility of unified the Confederated States to the Union, after the bloody battles and hatred confrontation. Reconstruction started in 1865 and ended in 1877. It was President Andrew Jackson who started Reconstruction, after the death of Abraham Lincoln. Although slavery had ended, southern states were given leeway to initiate their reconstruction process. That is when these states enacted the black codes to suppress the liberties of African Americans.