After us troops withdrew from the south following reconstruction, a. republican organizations grew stronger in the south. b. redeemers lost power throughout the south. c. african americans began to vote in record numbers. d. planters, merchants, and the wealthy returned to power.

How did most southern politicians of the 1860s feel about the issue of slavery? a) they supported slavery in current states, but were against its expansion into new states. b) they wanted to preserve slavery and supported its spread into new states. c) they wanted to prohibit the spread of slavery into new states and territories. d) they supported the emancipation of enslaved people in all states and new territories.