What Did the Republican Party's Nomination of Ulysses Grant for President

Multiple Choice

What did the Republican Party's nomination of Ulysses Grant for president in 1868 signify?

A) A fear that the Democratic Party would nominate him if they did not.
B) A retreat of the Republican Party from radicalism.
C) That they were so confident of victory that they could nominate someone who had never held elective office before.
D) That the Civil War had left an angry scar on America.