Which of the Following Was NOT Among the Regional Groups

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT among the regional groups that formed the solid political base of the Republican party in the late 19^th century?

A) immigrants living in the large Northeastern cities.
B) Union Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic.
C) Southern black freedmen
D) Midwestern farmers and small merchants.
E) rural and small-town Northeast residents.