Question

Which of the following factors played the greatest role in creating the conditions Thomas Nast criticizes in the political cartoon The Union as It Was?

The repeal of the racist black codes by the Northern-dominated Congress following the Civil War

The unsuccessful congressional effort to impeach Andrew Johnson for his stance on civil rights

The Southern refusal to abandon notions of white supremacy following the Civil War

Radical Republicans' refusal to allow any former Confederate states to reenter the Union

Answer 1

The Southern refusal to abandon notions of white supremacy following the Civil War

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Nast made a political cartoon in 1874 that he named, "The Union as It Was" showed a drawing of the KKK and a member of the White League having a handshake atop a skull and bones of a black woman. It also showed a man that was huddled over the corpse of a child as a school burns nearby.

This cartoon was made to criticize the white supremacist attitude of the South after the Civil War.

Therefore, the factors that played the greatest role in creating the conditions that Thomas Nast criticizes in the political cartoon The Union as It Was was the Southern refusal to abandon notions of white supremacy following the Civil War.