The Republican governments in the south had difficulty after the Civil War because the people of the south were upset over losing the war. They resented reconstruction and the fact that they had to let go of their slaves.
many white southerners refused equal rights for blacks
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It was Democratic under the leadership of James Buchanan and Republican right before the start of the civil war under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln.
The South were the Democrats of the Civil War. As odd as it seems, because now the South is mainly Republican, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the Ku Klux Klan was a democrat. Abraham Lincoln, Winner of the 1860 election, and a Republican was one of the causes of the war, because he wanted to free the slaves, and democrats wanted to keep slaves, as it was the South's largest enterprise.
Scalawags were southern Unionists or Republicans under Reconstruction, and "carpetbaggers" (named for their soft-sided luggage) were Northerners who helped with the change of governments and businesses after the Civil War.
The plans of the Radical Republicans in Congress during the Civil War was to abolish slavery. They wanted to deal our harsh punishments to slave owners throughout the South for their part in slavery.
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Lincoln was Republican so anti-Republican resentment was wide-spread throughout the post-war South.
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In United States history, scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction ... (called carpetbaggers) to take control of their state and local governments. ... In the South, Black Freedmen and White Southerners with Republican.
In United States history, scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction ... (called carpetbaggers) to take control of their state and local governments. ... In the South, Black Freedmen and White Southerners with Republican.
was the south apart of the american party or republican
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.
No, Democrat - even though a Southern Democrat is usually well to the Right of a Northern Republican.
In United States history, scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction ... (called carpetbaggers) to take control of their state and local governments. ... In the South, Black Freedmen and White Southerners with Republican.