which selection from the article BEST supports the idea that African-American culture changed during Reconstruction? (A) They gave them few civil rights and rejected social equality for blacks. African-Americans, on the other hand, wanted full freedom and, above all, land of their own. (B) They quietly left white churches and formed their own religious organizations, which became centers for the African-American community. (C) However, the sharecropping system ensured the continued poverty of African-Americans in the South and blacks' dependence on white bosses for employment. (D) There were no black governors, only two black senators and a handful of congressmen, and only South Carolina had a legislature controlled by blacks.

(B) They quietly left white churches and formed their own religious organizations, which became centers for the African-American community.

Explanation:

Reconstruction refers to the time after the American Civil War when the South and indeed the whole country, was being rebuilt from the ravages of war. The South was under occupation from the Union army which allowed the North to enforce its anti-slavery rhetoric on the South.

During this time, Africa-Americans found that with the limited freedoms they had they could do things of their own accord including worshipping God amongst themselves. They therefore left white churches quietly and founded their own and these have been a very important part of African-American life since then.