Which statement best describes a consequence of Reconstruction policies during the 1870s?

AReconstruction-era policies successfully restored the economy in the South and gave African Americans new opportunities.

BReconstruction-era policies often failed to protect African Americans from racial violence and safeguard their political rights.

CReconstruction-era policies created ironclad laws that prohibited legal segregation, although illegal segregation often occurred.

DReconstruction-era policies failed to establish any civil rights legislation, which would not be written until the 1960s.