Question

Where did the term "Red Shirts" come from?

Answer 1

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 2

never mind it's A