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But voting did not automatically become easy for African Americans. White groups, such as the KKK, used violence and intimidation near voting locations. They hoped to prevent African Americans from voting. Or they forced African Americans to vote for their candidate. So the Fifteenth Amendment did not bring true equality in voting for African Americans. 33 E CHAPTER FIV THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION A fter the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments passed, African Americans began to be elected to state and national legislatures.

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McLeod Secretary of State 1874 Mississippi Hannibal C. Carter Secretary of State 1873 Mississippi Hiram Revels Secretary of State 1872–73 Mississippi James Lynch Secretary of State 1869–72 South Carolina Francis L. Cardozo Treasurer 1873–77 South Carolina Richard H. Gleaves Lieutenant Governor 1873–77 South Carolina Henry E. Hayne Secretary of State 1873–77 South Carolina Alonzo J. Ransier Lieutenant Governor 1871–73 South Carolina Francis L. Cardozo Secretary of State 1868–73 Southern African-American Politicians The chart above shows information about the few African Americans who served in state offices during Reconstruction.

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