I think it was because of where it was. It had more control and had more to help them. I might not be 100% but thats what I could say.
your answer is B because with the persecutions the roman empire was unable to destroy the new religion which was the jews and more people were converted to christianity after witnessing bravery of many of the believers
The correct answer is C.
In 1867, the political battle between President Johnson and Congress over southern Reconstruction came to a confrontation. And 1877 Congress passed Electoral Count Act Hayes became president Hayes removed remaining troops from the South to end Reconstruction. The Republicans promised that if Hayes was elected, he would withdraw the last of the federal troops from the south, allowing the only remaining Republican Reconstruction governments to collapse.