Read the excerpt from a publication written by Frederick Douglass in 1867 and answer the question below Suffrage] is a measure of relief a shield to break the force of a blow already descending with violence, and render it harmless. The work of destruction has already been set in motion all over the South Peace to the
country has literally meant war to the loyal men of the South, white and black, and sufrage is the measure to arrest and put an end to that dreadful strife
Source: University of Virginia
Which Reconstruction Era effort was Frederick Douglass describing in this excerpt?
prosecution of opponents of civil rights laws
occupation of territory in the defeated states
reforms to correct inefficiencies in government
O measures to confront lingering political inequality
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"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.