Southern Democrats who called their victories in the elections of 1876 “Redemption,” portrayed themselves as the ________.

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The Redeemers—Southern Democrats—framed their 1876 victories as “Redemption” because they claimed to be rescuing the South from what they described as the misrule and injustices of Republican Reconstruction governments.

Relevant knowledge points: After the Civil War, Radical Reconstruction placed Republican-led state governments in the South, supported by federal troops, freedmen’s votes, Northern “carpetbaggers,” and Southern “scalawags.” By the 1870s, white conservative Democrats organized politically (and often through violence and intimidation) to regain control of state governments. They called themselves Redeemers and their successes “Redemption,” asserting they restored lawful, local, white-dominated rule and ended corruption associated with Republican administrations.

Step-by-step reasoning:
1. Identify the actors: Southern Democrats who won back state governments after Reconstruction are historically known as Redeemers.
2. Interpret the slogan: “Redemption” implies rescue or deliverance. Their rhetoric presented Republican rule as unjust, illegitimate, or corrupt.
3. Match rhetoric to answer choices: The Redeemers portrayed themselves as rescuers of the South from Republican rule’s supposed injustices—exactly the wording of the correct choice.
4. Contextual confirmation: The disputed 1876 presidential election and the Compromise of 1877 led to federal troop withdrawal and the practical end of Reconstruction, enabling Redeemer rule across the South.

Why the other options are incorrect:
- “Loyal supporters of Ulysses S. Grant”: Grant was a Republican and enemy of the Redeemers’ agenda; Southern Democrats did not support him.
- “Leaders who had saved the Union from Confederate treason”: That description fits Unionists and veterans who opposed secession, not postwar Southern Democrats who had Confederate ties and sought to reverse Reconstruction.
- “True descendants of the abolitionists”: Redeemers opposed civil rights for freedmen; they were the opposite of abolitionist descendants.

Conclusion: The historical evidence and Redeemer rhetoric show Southern Democrats portrayed themselves as “saviors of the South from the injustices of Republican rule,” confirming the provided answer.

Southern Democrats who called their victories in the elections of 1876 “Redemption,” portrayed themselves as the ________.单项选择题

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