Which of the Following Statements About the End of Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is accurate?

A) A lack of respect for private property and free enterprise prevented any real assault on economic privilege in the South.
B) Given the context within which Americans of the 1860s and 1870s were working, it is surprising that Reconstruction did so little.
C) Many white Southern leaders sympathized with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support them.
D) The president and his party had hoped to build up a "new Democratic" organization in the South.
E) The president and his party proved uninterested in supporting even modest acceptance of African American rights.