3. How did efforts of the Radical Republican Congress during Reconstruction have a lasting political impact on southern states? The Democratic Party would become divided and lack any political power until the 1960s. The Republican Party would merge with agricultural and factory worker organizations to emerge as the party for working class reforms. The Democratic Party would dominate the politics of southern states for a century following the Civil war. The Republican Party would win most elections in southern states until the 1960s. CLEAR ALL o o o o

3. How did efforts of the Radical Republican Congress during Reconstruction have a lasting political impact on southern states? The Democratic Party would become divided and lack any political power until the 1960s. The Republican Party would merge with agricultural and factory worker organizations to emerge as the party for working class reforms. The Democratic Party would dominate the politics of southern states for a century following the Civil war. The Republican Party would win most elections in southern states until the 1960s. CLEAR ALL o o o o