Why do you think Democratic platform is labeled "Kansas," "Cuba," and "Central
America"?

The platform on which his head rests is marked "Kansas," "Cuba," and "Central America," probably in reference to the Democrats' plans for slavery extension. In the background to the left a building is burning while a family flees, and to the right a man is hanging.

the answer would be a)henry grady because he came up with the term "new south"

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