Question

the purpose of the redeemers of the southern democratic party was to:

a. force black people in the south to move north.
b. intimidate black voters in the south.
c. force black people back into enslavement.
d. ensure all southern black people become sharecroppers.

Explanation:

Identify the Redeemers' core political goals

The "Redeemers" were a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era. They sought to oust the Radical Republican coalition of freedmen, carpetbaggers, and scalawags.

Analyze the options against historical methods

• Option A is incorrect because Redeemers relied on Black labor and did not actively force them to migrate North.
• Option B is correct because Redeemers and their paramilitary allies used widespread violence and voter intimidation to suppress the Black Republican vote and regain political control.
• Option C is incorrect because the Thirteenth Amendment legally prohibited chattel slavery, and Redeemers focused on political disenfranchisement and social control rather than literal re-enslavement.
• Option D is incorrect because while sharecropping became dominant, the primary political purpose of the Redeemers as a party faction was political control and voter suppression.

Answer:

• (A) force Black people in the South to move North.
• (B) intimidate Black voters in the South. (Correct answer)
• (C) force Black people back into enslavement.
• (D) ensure all Southern Black people become sharecroppers.