Which statement does this excerpt BEST support?
A. Though the Black Codes were short lived, Jim Crow segregation laws lasted for decades.
B. Without federal troops in the South, civil rights and Reconstruction laws became unnecessary.
C. With the end of Reconstruction, Southern states sought to roll back Fifteenth Amendment protections.
D. After 1877, Southern government reverted to Confederate control and overturned Reconstruction amendments.
Use the excerpt from the pamphlet to answer the question.
IN order that you may know what will be demanded of you to vote under the Constitutions and laws of the several South States, we give below the substantial requirements of each, to with:
IN Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee
YOU MUST PAY YOUR POLL TAX
YOU MUST REGISTER AND HOLD YOUR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
If you can read and write you can register.
IN Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina
If you cannot read and write you can register if you own $300 worth of property.
IN Arkansas and Georgia
YOU MUST PAY YOUR POLL TAX.
IN Florida, Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia
You must reside in the State.
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A man convicted of almost any crime may be barred from voting.