Question

1. in what way was reconstruction successful?○ it healed the bitterness between the north and the south.○ it raised african americans expectations of their right to citizenship.○ it reestablished cotton as the single most important part of the southern economy.○ it provided lasting protection for all freed people.

Explanation:

Reconstruction established constitutional amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) that formalized citizenship and voting rights for African Americans, elevating their expectations of legal equality. The other options are incorrect: it did not heal North-South bitterness, it did not re-entrench cotton as the sole southern economic focus, and protections for freed people were not lasting due to Jim Crow era rollbacks.

Answer:

C. It raised African Americans' expectations of their right to citizenship.