Summarize the events that led to the ratification of South Carolina's constitution of 1868.

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Elsie Owens

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3 February, 20:10

Summarize the events that led to the ratification of South Carolina's constitution of 1868.

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Annabelle Cooper · Answer 1

There were many issues with it because white supremacists of the time believed that the new constitution would effectively put South Carolina under African American rule and they fought hard to keep it from getting ratified. They failed of course and the constitution was ratified.