What was the result of Republican campaigns for public education in the South during the Reconstruction period?
A. Very few blacks had the opportunity to attend school.
B. Literacy rates rose sharply across the South.
C. Southern schools had the same funding as northern schools.
D. The South desegregated its public schools.
Answer: B. Literacy rates rose sharply across the South.
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A) It made the distribution and use of alcohol illegal. B) It provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators. C) It limited presidential terms. D) It gave women the right to vote.
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