Author Question: The Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872 was motivated primarily by ... (Read 150 times)

kshipps · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872 was motivated primarily by

a. dismay at the Republicans' weakness in upholding radical Reconstruction in the South.
b. a desire to see President Grant reelected among these Liberal Republicans and a fear that the regular Republican Party would not renominate Grant for president because of his policies.
c. disgust at the corruption and scandals of the Grant administration.
d. a fervent passion for reforms on behalf of women and blacks.
e. a desire to strengthen the federal government's regulation of big business.

Question 2

As written documents, the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways except

a. to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation.
b. as contracts that defined the powers of government.
c. as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents.
d. to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights.
e. to transform the colonies into becoming new states.