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Southern politics after reconstruction was dominated?

Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'


During Reconstruction their opponents called Southern white Republicans?

Scalawags


How did white southern democrats respond to the party's support for civil rights?

By turning into Republicans.


How did Southern white regain power and respond to the policies enacted by Radical Republicans?

They wanted it to be a good freedom


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.


What is the name given to the southerners who supported the republicans?

Northern white Republicans were called â??carpetbaggers", which refers to a traveler who arrives in a new region with a carpetbag of possessions, and who attempts to profit from or gain control over his new surroundings, often against the will or consent of the original inhabitants. Southern white Republicans were called â??scalawagsâ??, and were viewed as traitors to the South.


Why was the African America vote so important to the republicans?

The Republicans are known more to support white only causes. Any African American who joins them they make an example of.


What were the league and the knights of the white camellia?

Groups that used fear against those who liked Republicans in the South. Apex


What was the White League known for?

The White League was known for using intimidation and violence to reduce Republican voting to get Republicans out of office. The White League also used intimidation to keep freedmen from voting and political organizing.


How did republicans gain control of southern?

by impeaching Johnson


Who viewed the southern states as conquered provinces?

Congressional republicans.


How did Republicans gain control of the southern governments?

by impeaching Johnson