What is meant by the term "redemption"?
A) Accepting former Confederate states back into the Union.
B) Cleansing the Republican Party of the taint of corruption and scandal.
C) Restoration of local, white control in former Confederate states.
D) Return of "that old-time religion" in the South.

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"Redemption" refers to the period after Reconstruction in which white Southern Democrats sought to regain political power and control over the South. This involved efforts to disenfranchise and suppress the voting rights of African Americans, as well as the restoration of white control in state and local governments. It is often associated with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and other forms of violent white supremacy.

What Is Meant by the Term "Redemption