Question

Where did the term "Red Shirts" come from?
(A)This white supremacist organization used the name to mock the Republicans who had "waved the bloody shirt" to remind people of Confederate crimes.
(B)The white supremacists were trying to remind people of the blood and suffering that occurred during the Civil War.
(C)Democrats in the South were trying to show their disapproval of the White League by forming an opposition group.
(D)Former slaves and white sharecroppers were required to wear red shirts when they were in debt; anyone in a red shirt not working could be jailed.
(E)Members of the Republican party wore red shirts to political meetings to show their loyalty to the state governments formed during Reconstruction.

Answer 1

I believe that option "C" will be your answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is A. The Red Shirts were a white supremacist organization that used its name to mock the Republicans who had "waved the bloody shirt" to remind people of Confederate crimes.

Explanation:

Red Shirts were white paramilitary groups in the southern states after the Reconstruction period towards the end of the 19th century. They acted as the armed branch of the Democratic Party. Their purpose was to prevent Republicans, populists and blacks from voting and exercising political influence.

They first emerged in Mississippi in 1875 and they practiced violence against both white and black Republicans. They dressed in red shirts for the sake of visibility and to look more terrifying. They differed from secret organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan in that they organized themselves openly and served as "the Democratic Party's armed branch".