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How did African Americans affect southern politics and government during reconstruction?
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What was true about the end of the Reconstruction Era?
The end of the US's Reconstruction Era saw the Federal government retreat from taking an interest in Southern affairs. This resulted in the white Southern leaders reestablishing the white political power structure.
Who were the two southern states with the largest number of African Americans serving in the state government during reconstruction?
Mississippi and South Carolina
Where did politics did African Americans have their biggest effect?
As members of southern state legislatures
Why did freedom for Americans become a distant dream after Reconstruction ended?
As Reconstruction ended, African Americans' dreams for justice faded. Laws passed by the redeemer governments denied Southern African Americans many of their newly won rights.
Which were the two southern states with the largest number of African Americans serving in state during reconstruction?
Mississippi and South Carolina
Southern politics after reconstruction was dominated?
Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'
What was the nickname of the democrats who dominated southern politics after reconstruction?
Redeemers
What has the author Michael Perman written?
Michael Perman is an American historian and author known for his works on the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Some of his notable books include "Emancipation and Reconstruction" and "The Road to Redemption: Southern Politics, 1869-1879."
Who fought to restrict African American rights during reconstruction?
President Andrew Jackson restricted African American rights during reconstruction. Blacks were excluded from southern politics. Radical Reconstruction occurred from 1867 to 1877
What was true about the end of the Reconstruction Era?
The end of the US's Reconstruction Era saw the Federal government retreat from taking an interest in Southern affairs. This resulted in the white Southern leaders reestablishing the white political power structure.
What has the author Numan V Bartley written?
Numan V. Bartley has written: 'Jimmy Carter and the politics of the new South' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, Politics and government 'New South, 1945-80' 'Southern politics and the second reconstruction' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Political parties, Elections 'The rise of mass resistance' 'The creation of modern Georgia' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Social conditions, Georgia
Why were many Americans tired of Reconstruction by the mid-1870s?
The southern economy was completely restored.
Who were the two southern states with the largest number of African Americans serving in the state government during reconstruction?
Mississippi and South Carolina
Where did politics did African Americans have their biggest effect?
As members of southern state legislatures
In what ways did southern government attempt to reverse the accomplishment of reconstruction?
In 1870 they made a deal with Hays to stop reconstruction if they made him president. They made him president and he did end reconstruction. This allowed Jim Crow laws to be enforced and it will take another 100 years before African Americans will gain civil rights.
Republican governments in the southern states during reconstruction were unpopular because?
African Americans remained disenfranchised
What nickname was given to people from southern states that supported reconstruction laws that helped African Americans?
Scalawag
