As part of their efforts to "Redeem" the South from Republican-centered Reconstruction, Southern Democrats divided into
A) businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite.
B) businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Segregationists who wanted to keep blacks and whites apart.
C) segregationists who wanted to keep blacks and whites apart and Radicals who envisioned a prosperous and egalitarian South.
D) freedmen who wanted the land and opportunities promised them during Reconstruction and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite.
E) Radicals who envisioned an egalitarian South and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite.

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Southern Democrats during the "Redemption" era were divided between those who wanted to industrialize the South (envisioning a "New South") and the Bourbons, who were more conservative and represented the interests of the old planter elite.

As Part of Their Efforts to "Redeem" the South from Republican-Centered