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allowing white southerners to participate in government during the reconstruction era
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The federal government controlled the Confederate states during Reconstruction.
Scalawags were southerners who helped during Reconstruction and carpetbaggers were northerners who went south to help with Reconstruction. a helpful hint to remember which is which is to remember that scalawags and southerners both start with 's'.
The term "Carpet Bagger" was derived from the Northerners who came into the South after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, believed to have come to the South for private profits. While "scalawag" was a negative term used against White Southerners by other White Southerners, stating they are in support of Reconstruction for private gain.
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allowing white southerners to participate in government during the reconstruction era
The federal actions during the reconstruction era affected Southerners in the sense that all men were to be considered equal, and blacks were to be treated as equals before the law.
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The people during the Reconstruction were the Northerners, Southerners, and politicians. Abraham Lincoln was one of the presidents that wanted the North & South to put aside their differences.
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how did the southerners belief in states rights hamper the confederate government during the war
It basically sucked slaves basically were not free.
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The federal government controlled the Confederate states during Reconstruction.
The federal government controlled the Confederate states during Reconstruction.