Which best explains why there were no african americans serving in the us house of representatives by 1887?
a) many african american politicians had left office to work for the freedmen’s bureau.

b)southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed african americans to hold office.

c)african americans were focusing on politics on the state level rather than the national level.

d)african american politicians mainly chose to run for the us senate instead of the house.

The correct answer is B) Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.  

The sentence that best explains why there were no African Americans serving the U.S. House of Representatives in 1887 is “Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.”

The period of 1887 to 1929, was a moment in time where African Americans had many difficulties to be elected in Congress. Black men participation in state or federal government was improbable due to Jim Crow segregation and the laws in the South. For instance, no African Americans served the U.S. House of Representatives in 1887 because white people from the South had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.”