Question

Which one is it?

Radical Republicans lost power in Congress for all of the following reasons except

A. northerners had grown weary of efforts to change the South.
B. northerners had lost faith in Republicans because of corruption.
C. all the goals of the Radical Republicans had been achieved by 1876.
D. Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens had both died by 1874.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Radical Republicans lost power in Congress for all of the following reasons except that all the goals of the Radical Republicans had been achieved by 1876.

In reality, Reconstruction ended early in 1876 as a result of a political negotiation between Republicans and Democrats, whereby Republicans were given control of the federal government, in exchange for their withdrawal from the southern territories and their return to the democratic politicians. Thus, despite the fact that there were still many political, economic and social projects to be developed in the region, in 1876 the South was demilitarized and the Democrats returned to power, ending the Reconstruction.