Question

Hiram Rhodes Revels was a key figure during the Reconstruction era because

Answer 1

D) he was the first African-American elected to a seat in the U.S. Congress.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D) "he was the first African-American elected to a seat in the U.S. Congress". Hiram Rhodes Revels was a Republican U.S. Senator and from this position, the first African-American to serve in Congress. Rhodes Revels was also a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and he born and died as a freeman.