Which statement is true about the social category in which many freed slaves
found themselves in the years following the civil war?
a. it encouraged people to go to college.
o
b. it allowed for the movement between social classes.
o
c. it was based on ascribed status.
o
d. it was formalized by the fifteenth amendment to the u. s.
constitution
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The social category in which the freed slaves found themselves in the years after the civil war is noted as an ascribed status.

Option C

Explanation:

An ascribed status can neither be chosen nor earned, it is assigned. It is a state of nature whereby a person sociality is assigned at birth or assumed later on in life. These status are inseparable from all the stereotypes and these statuses remain throughout with that person. Ascribed status is a state that comes to the freed slaves with social category.

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