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Why would a white southerners be more likely to vote for Democrats after the civil war?
The South blamed the Republican party and the US President, Lincoln a Republican for its defeat in the Civil War. For decades, the South turned to the Democrat party when voting as they blamed the Republican party for its defeat in the US Civil War. The term " solid South" meant that Democrats could always count on Southern States for their support in elections.
Who are scalawags?
A "scalawag" is an American spelling of scallywag. It usually is used to define a mischievous child who although he is "bad" is not "evil". In America the term was applied to Southerners who worked with Northern Republicans during the reconstruction following the American Civil War.
What three groups made up the Republican party in the South during Reconstruction?
Scalawags-white Southerners who joined the party-were mostly former Unionists Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved South after the war to reform Southern society or to make a fortune. The third group was African Americans eager to vote
What were scalawags and why were they unliked by the south?
Scalawags were white southerners who joined the Republican Party after the Civil War. they were not very well liked in the south because once they were elected into congress they said that if you fought in the Civil War that you could not become a member of congress. Which angered th African Americans and generals.
Is the White House democratic or republican?
When people refer to the party of the White House, they are referring to the party of the President who occupies it at the time. In other words, the party of the White House is the party of the current U.S. President.Barack Obama is a member of the Democratic Party.
Postwar white Southerners who joined the Republican Party?
scalawags :)
What groups of the south supported the Republican Party?
Scalawags. White Southerners supporting the Republicans.
What were the southerners who supported republican governments called in the south?
Scalawags
Democrats called those white southerners who joined the Republican party Scalawags?
Yes. Scalawag was the name used by Southern Democrats for white Southern Republicans who worked in Reconstruction governments.
Many Southerners including white merchants and white small landowners supported the Republican Party's actions to?
take power from southern planters
Many Southerners, including white merchants and white small landowners, supported the Republican Party's actions to?
take power from southern planters
Why did many southerners including white merchants and white small landowners support the Republican Party's action?
take power away from the southern planters.
What was Southereners called back in 1868?
In 1868 the term 'Scalawag' was used to refer to white southerners who supported the Reconstruction and the Republican party after the Civil War. The word 'scalawag' originally referred to low grade farm animals.
The South firmly supported the Democratic Party following the Civil War?
The majority of white southerners did. Blacks anywhere between 1860 and 1930's strongly supported the Republican Party.
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South?
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
What did white southerners call northern born republican who moved south?
Carpet Baggers
Is it true or false that white southerners saw a republican victory as a threat to their way of life?
No
