In 1870, Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would be nearly another century, 1967, before Edward Brooke of Massachusetts followed in their historic footsteps.
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A: Parts of the South lay in ruins because of the North's strategy of total war.
Explanation:
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Because they felt that women rights are a cause worth fighting for and wanted to spark the flame in female hearts.
