Which of the following best describes the majority white Southern response to Reconstruction?

a$.$ They embraced the opportunity to remake the South with inclusion of freedman as equal citizens.

b$.$ They grudgingly agreed to try to work with northerners to reshape the South.

c$.$ They worked diligently through both legitimate & violent means to subvert Reconstruction and restore white rule.

d$.$ They ended plantation cash$-$crop agriculture and established significant industries in the region.