The Emergence of the Readjuster Party in the Late 1870s

question 34

Multiple Choice

The emergence of the Readjuster Party in the late 1870s revealed that

• A)white southerners would vote against their own economic interests to prevent blacks from gaining political power.
• B)attempts to disenfranchise black southerners had become almost completely successful within only a few years of the end of Reconstruction.
• C)white southerners would sometimes ally with black southerners in opposition to policies which seemed to benefit only the rich.
• D)although black southerners continued to enjoy some access to the ballot box after the end of Reconstruction,their votes were controlled by the white elite.

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