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21 January, 09:03

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.