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).
The Scalawages
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.
Grant
carpet baggers
Some Southern whites saw an advantage in supporting the Republicans and the Reconstruction. They were referred to as scalawags.
When them damned yanks came down and rubbed it in our faces.
Ulysses S. Grant had the best reconstruction plan for the southern white people. The reconstruction era took place from 1865 to 1877.
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the introduction of a tax-supported school system
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the introduction of a tax-supported school system
the introduction of a tax-supported school system
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