The correct answer is B) t was common for people to run for public office in order to get rich.
A valid characteristic of politics and government in the period following the Civil War was that it was common for people to run for public office in order to get rich.
After the Civil War, the problems did not end. The Southern states were so damaged in their infrastructure, they still depended so much on slavery to work in the large plantations, although slavery had been abolished, and President Lincoln allowed the Southern states to implement the Reconstruction at their own pace. With those problems at hand, many politicians entered the government to make money and get rich, instead of serving the country and try to solve the many problems that existed.
