The reconstruction changed the south in that now the freeman, farmers, soldiers, and businessman could vote. This did not change the racial view of most Southerners to the newly freed blacks. The South was in economic ruin as the source of the profitable labor was taken away.
John Porter Hollis has written: 'The early period of Reconstruction in South Carolina' -- subject(s): Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), South Carolina, Reconstruction
Mississippi and South Carolina (APEX)
Mississippi and South Carolina
Mississippi and South Carolina
John S. Reynolds has written: 'Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Reconstruction, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 'Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1977' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Politics and government, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
armies where withdrawn from Louisiana and South Carolina so the republican Hayes could win the election
because they felt like it
Wade Hampton III was governor in 1877, the year that reconstruction is generally considered to have ended.
Representation of the South increased because more Southern states were created during Reconstruction.
Legislators usually accepted money as bribes.
They had the largest number of African American representatives
Which former Confederate state had the most blacks holding office during Reconstruction