How Did Corruption Impact American Government at the National Level

question 68

Multiple Choice

How did corruption impact American government at the national level during the Reconstruction Era?

• A) Political scandal and corruption were common to both the Democratic and Republican parties.
• B) Political corruption was usually restricted to the large cities that were controlled by Democratic political rings and was all but nonexistent at the state and federal levels of government.
• C) Republicans in the South were associated with the greatest number of political scandals during the 1870s.
• D) The Crédit Mobilier railroad scandal had little impact on the federal government and was restricted to corruption at the state level of government.

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