Answer: D. limit the power of the federal government.
Explanation:
The Democratic-Republican party were strong advocates for state rights and this was why Thomas Jefferson who was their leader, clashed with John Adams and Alexander Hamilton of the Federalist party, a party that championed the need for a strong central government.
In trying to limit the power of the Federal government, Jefferson reduced the army and the navy and decreased Federal government departments which allowed him to reduce the federal budget as well.
Answer:
They were called Redeemers because they( Democrats) reestablished “home rule” and “redeemed” the South from Republicans.
The home rule refers to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance assigned to it by its state government. Counties are normally given the permission to pass laws to govern themselves according to how they want.
The main point of the excerpt is that readers should be aware of the damage that the war has done to a generation of men who were impacted by it, and read the book with this idea in mind.
The epigraph wants to make sure that readers who approach this book do it with the same purpose as the one with which the author wrote it. He does not want the readers to think of this book as an accusation, a confession or an adventure.
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