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They had the most African American members in their state legislature.
Reconstruction collapsed around 1877, when Southern Democrats gained power in all the former Confederate states. The Southern Democrats opposed the reforms of Reconstruction and deprived African-Americans of the political rights they had gained during Reconstruction.
they had the most African American members in their state legislature.
Johnson's Reconstruction plan required Southern states to ratify the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. His other goal was to create national unity.
Georgia is one of the original thirteen colonies of the United States. It is in the southern portion of the country, and borders Florida as well as the ocean, and several other states. Georgia, along I-95, is 112 miles long.
Peanuts form on the roots of the peanut plant. They are grown in Georgia and other southern US states and in Africa.
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an increasing number of southern whites turned to violence in response to the revolutionary changes of Radical Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations targeted local Republican leaders, white and black, and other African Americans who challenged white authority.
One problem that arose because Georgia did not allow slavery was a shortage of labor for agriculture, which hindered the economic development of the state. This led to Georgia experiencing slower growth compared to other Southern states that relied on slave labor for their cash crop economies. Additionally, the absence of slavery created social and political tensions between Georgia and other Southern states that were pro-slavery.
Based on the 2010 Census, the 3 southern states with the most electoral votes are Texas 38, Florida 29 and Georgia 16.
The term "southern states" generally refers to those states that ceceded from the Union, leading to the Civil War. The states that ceceded are (in the order of cessation):South CarolinaMississippiFloridaAlabamaGeorgiaLouisianaTexasVirginiaArkansasNorth CarolinaTennessee
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.