The people hold political power in a democracy.
Just. because formal battles have ended, does not mean both sides will accept the outcome. Prejudice and need for cheap labor was still deeply ingrained.
The confederate south had been devastated by the Civil War. Money and law enforcement from Union military would be required., for years! The US treasury did not make enough budgeted funds available for equitable reconstruction. Blocking pro-freedmen legislation.
Many of former confederate states would send pro-slavery/anti negro representatives to US House and Senate.
Political squabbling would continue with the compromise of 18xx would remove federal troops. Dominant white racist ideals would prevail. Banks not loaning to freed slaves, only at unreasonable high interest rates, would reduce business and land ownership.
The correct answer <em>"c. social identification with a group can increase ingroup favoritism."</em>.
In the Jigsaw classroom work, Aronson demonstrated that when a group formed of students from different backgrounds is created and each member shares a specific role, there is a reduction in prejudice and stereotyping. Additionally, subjects tended to improve their relationships within-groups and out-groups.
The cave experiment, two groups of individuals from a similar social background were formed and put into a competition between each other. After the tasks they were assigned, there was a clear increase in prejudice and in-group favoritism from members of both groups.
Both experiments had a different focus on the same issue, which was that social affinity increases behaviors of prejudice and stereotypes in regards to other groups.
<span>D. by trying out policies that might later affect the entire nation</span>
