The democrats who rose to power in the south following reconstruction had which primary goal?
a. bring back the institution of slavery
b. redeem the south from republican rule
c. end the practice of sharecropping on cotton plantations
d. work with the union forces to rebuild the south

B. Redeem the south from republican rule

Explanation: Democrats in the south after the civil war wanted to free the south of it's shame in war, hence the answer.

a.   it resulted in widespread unemployment.

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