Which statement regarding the era of reconstruction is false?
a) the 13th amendment outlawed slavery in all american states
b) state laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendments
c) the 14th amendment made african-americans citizens of the u. s.
d) federal law was changed to abolish slavery in states where it still existed

The correct answer is B) State laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendments.

The era of Reconstruction was one in which the Confederate states were rejoining the Union after the conclusion of the Civil War. Even though there were several constitutional amendments passed to help newly freed slaves to obtain rights in American society, these Southern states constantly worked to limit these freedoms.

This was done by the implementation of things such as black codes, voting restrictions, and Jim Crow laws. These laws resulted in less participation in voting, segregated public facilities for blacks and whites, and several other negative things.

character development is the internal change an individual, a fictional one in this case, undergoes through the course of a story as a result of the conflict or conflicts that person encounters. options 1,2 and 5 don't offer much of this since they mostly just describe the momentary actions and reactions of edna pontellier. in kate chopin's the awakening we first meet edna as someone in a sort of semi-conscious state and completely unaware of her own feelings and ambitions. as the story progresses she becomes more self aware of these ambitions and gaining also the confidence to act on them on quotes 3 and (mostly on) 4 we begin to see these changes on her.