What were 1867-68 constitutional conventions in the South, and what reforms did they implement?

• A. Conventions to revise federal policy rather than state constitutions.
• B. Conventions to draft new state constitutions; expanded female suffrage and abolish property requirements.
• C. Conventions that produced immediate full civil rights protections for all races.
• D. Conventions to draft new state constitutions; often expanded male suffrage and civil rights on paper but preserved white supremacy in practice.

Answer: (D)