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Which of the following changes took place in Southern states immediately after the Civil War?

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Retry Correct Incorrect It wasn’t until the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that all African Americans were granted the full right to vote.

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Which of the following changes took place in Southern states immediately after the Civil War?

• State governments were required to have African American people in legislative and executive offices
• Most African Americans quickly switched from agricultural work to employment in manufacturing
• African American women were given the right to vote
• Access to education became more available to African American people