Scalawags. White Southerners supporting the Republicans.
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The Republican Party supported a stronger federal government, the abolition of slavery, and high tariffs. The south was mostly Democratic, which supported states rights, slavery, and low tariffs. The south did not want to loose their slaves because they were used mostly for agriculture. Agriculture was the southern states' main industry. Finally, The Republicans' protective tariff policy had a negative affect on the southern economy.
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Initially - around the time of Reconstruction - the Republican Party was considered radical.
Democratic party strongholds are strongest in the Northeast and Pacific coast (including Hawaii). Republican party strongholds are strongest in the Great Plains and the South.
southerners who joined the Republican Party and they wanted the South to industrialize as quickly as possible
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The majority of white southerners did. Blacks anywhere between 1860 and 1930's strongly supported the Republican Party.
A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
The Southern Republican party was formed by African American (Freedman), white Northern transplants and Yoeman farmers. These groups joined forces to push towards political reform as part of reconstruction in the South.
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The northern Democrats supported Stephen A. Douglas for President in 1860, but the southern Democrats withheld support for Douglas. The South demanded that Douglas repudiate the Freeport Doctrine and support a federal slave law. The Douglas supporters pointed out that to do that would drive the northern Democrats into the Republican Party.
The Southern Republican party was formed by African American (Freedman), white Northern transplants and Yoeman farmers. These groups joined forces to push towards political reform as part of reconstruction in the South.
Independent Republican Party of South Carolina was created in 1872.
Scalawags.
radical republican