Question

Which of the following does NOT describe America following the abolition of slavery? Question 1 options: African Americans were paid for their work. African Americans faced discrimination. African Americans left the South for more opportunities. African Americans received equal pay as whites.

Answer 1

I would say the answer is D., sadly. African Americans did not receive equal pay as whites did.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) African Americans received equal pays as whites.

The stement that NOT describes America following the abolition of slavery is “African Americans received equal pays as whites.”

The 13th Amendment of 1865 ended with slavery in the Southern states. At least, Black people were free. But as ironical as it could sound, the problems did not stop there or resolve automatically. African Americans were used to work as slaves or they worked the land for a wage. Once they were free, the lack of better opportunities did not desappeared. They continue to struggle to get their rights and in the jobs they got, they were not paid equally as the white people. Many African Americans still lived in poverty in rural areas of the Southenr states.