Because that was the only support they could really get, mainly because the government always sided with the factory owners because they were the ones making the money for them. <span />
<span>new Southern state legislatures passed restrictive “black codes” to control the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans. Outrage in the North over these codes eroded support for the approach known as Presidential Reconstruction and led to the triumph of the more radical wing of the Republican Party. During Radical Reconstruction, which began in 1867, newly enfranchised blacks gained a voice in government for the first time in American history, winning election to southern state legislatures and even to the U.S. Congress. In less than a decade, however, reactionary forces–including the Ku Klux Klan–would reverse the changes wrought by Radical Reconstruction in a violent backlash that restored white supremacy in the South.</span>
The answer is, D<span>uring the nineteenth century, it was perceived to be undignified for a president to campaign on his own behalf.
Basically, people don't like candidates to campaign for themselves on the things that they have done. Especially in publications where they would want to post for elections which is a selfish act in view of the people especially for a running President. They usually give small speeches in a dignified way.
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The answer is B). They would have been executed for treason. These men were putting their lives at serious risk, because they were trying to gain independence directly against the king's consent.