Question 2 • (AG Q4) American History 8: 25-26 (AHostetler)
After the Civil War, Republicans controlled the federal government and supported Reconstruction in the South. White Southerners who opposed Reconstruction rallied behind the Democratic Party, helping it regain power in the region. So the best description is that the Democratic Party was revived by opponents of Reconstruction.
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