Scalawags
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.
African Americans remained disenfranchised
Poll taxes and literacy tests
yes it was during reconstruction times.
cotton and tabacco
cotton and tobaco
Southern military leaders weren't allowed to hold office during reconstruction.
The Republicans gain control of Southern state governments during reconstruction by federal forces. This happen from the railroad schemes in the South.
The Republicans gain control of Southern state governments during reconstruction by federal forces. This happen from the railroad schemes in the South.
Scalawags
sharecroppers
President Andrew Jackson restricted African American rights during reconstruction. Blacks were excluded from southern politics. Radical Reconstruction occurred from 1867 to 1877
Scalawags.
Carpetbaggers.
Railroads
The New State Constitution was successful during Reconstruction. It made the southern states write new laws that outlawed slavery. former slaves feared less of the southern states.