Which statement best summarizes the result of the withdrawal of federal protection during Reconstruction in South Carolina? Once federal protection was withdrawn, the Reconstruction Amendments were nullified in South Carolina . Without the presence of federal troops to offer protection , the Republican Party was able to take control of the state. After federal troops left South Carolina, old Confederate military units were reformed under different names . Over time , those who had governed South Carolina prior to the Civil War returned to power to control the state.