Which best describes the democratic party in the 1800s?
a) the democratic party had a short-lived history in the south.
b) the democratic party struggled in the years before the civil war.
c) the democratic party gained power following the civil war.
d) the democratic party was revived by opponents of reconstruction.

The correct answer is D. The Democratic Party was revived by opponents of Reconstruction.

After the end of the Civil War, the Democratic Party was very weakened, while the Republican Party came out of the contest turned into the hegemonic party of American politics.

In that context, the Democratic Party became an eternal loser of the national presidential and legislative elections; conforming to winning elections for governors and mayors in some places. The situation improved a little when the whites of the South regained the right to vote (and forced the blacks not to vote, coercing them with the use of force); since from that moment the region became the "Solid South", a part of the country where the Democratic Party won all the elections with more than 90% of the votes and the Republicans almost did not exist.

Thus, the Democratic Party began to represent the white south, which was strongly opposed to Reconstruction and its inclusive policies with the African-American people.

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