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How did southern whites regain power during reconstruction?
Fernando Alvarado
A political deal was made during the national election of 1876, congressional reconstruction came to an end; this was called the great compromise of 1877, Hayes vs Tilden. The democrats agreed to allow Rutherford B Hayes to be president if the republicans would end reconstruction.
Most Southerns had far more money then there Northern counterparts. Ten of the twelve richest men in the country lived in Mississippi after the war. Money breeds power, or at least buys it.
Slavery also help reestablish part of the power of the South. The Civil War did not end slavery in the United States. It only ended it in areas not controlled by the North. Slavery ended in December of 1865 with the 13th amendment. The emancipation proclamation was a great political triumph by changing people views on the civil war to believe that it was solely over slavery.
Slaves were being used by the north during the civil war also!
Aracely Wolff
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Why did the southern governments believe they were justified in passing black codes?
As the Reconstruction era passed, Southern whites became back in control of the old South. They passed all types of "laws" designed to prevent Blacks form voting. This enabled whites to regain the political power they lost right after the US Civil War.
Have African Americans once given the right to vote ever belong to the Republican Party?
When African Americans were first guaranteed the right to vote during Reconstruction, most of them voted for Republican candidates. This was because Southern Whites who were against Reconstruction mostly belonged to the Democratic Party.
Who was most likely to support the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan in 1896?
Southern farmers Populists Southern whites
Poor southern whites fought to defend their?
Poor southern whites fought to defend many things. These people fought to keep their land, their rights, and often their workers.
Why were some Southerners opposed to abolition?
Many Southern Whites had opposed Reconstruction from the start. They wanted to regain the wealth and power that they had before the Civil War. They also wanted to limit African-American's freedoms and rights. Some asked the courts to take back the land that had been given to freedmen.There is your answer. You are welcome. -Anonymous. 3/15/12.
How did southern whites regain political power after reconstruction?
The scalawags(or Southern Republicans who supported the North) gained political office during Reconstruction and also, so did the Carpetbaggers(Noerthern Republicans who moved to the South and got elected to public office).
Whose plan for reconstruction was the best for the southern whites?
Grant
What did southern whites use to disenfranchise African American during reconstruction?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
Why did the southern governments believe they were justified in passing black codes?
As the Reconstruction era passed, Southern whites became back in control of the old South. They passed all types of "laws" designed to prevent Blacks form voting. This enabled whites to regain the political power they lost right after the US Civil War.
What label was given to southern whites who supported the reconstruction plan?
carpet baggers
What was the name given to Southern whites who supported the Republican policy throughout Reconstruction?
Some Southern whites saw an advantage in supporting the Republicans and the Reconstruction. They were referred to as scalawags.
What does Reconstruction mean to the Southern whites?
When them damned yanks came down and rubbed it in our faces.
What was life like for freedmen and poor whites during Reconstruction?
What would it be like to live in the south as a freedman during Reconstruction?
Whose plan for post-Civil War Reconstruction was the best for Southern whites?
Ulysses S. Grant had the best reconstruction plan for the southern white people. The reconstruction era took place from 1865 to 1877.
What was a scalawag during the reconstruction era?
A scalawag was a term used during the Reconstruction era in the United States to describe Southern whites who supported the Republican Party and its policies of promoting civil rights and rebuilding the South after the Civil War. They were often seen as traitors by other Southerners who opposed Reconstruction.
Southern whites who voted Republican were labeled?
"white flight" or "traitors" by some members of their community.
At the end of the reconstruction southern whites disenfranchised African Americans with?
Literacy RequirementsPoll TaxesEconomic IntimidationGrandfather Clauses
