0
Southern people responded to Reconstruction with a mix of resistance and adaptation. Many white Southerners opposed the changes brought by Reconstruction, leading to the rise of groups like the Ku Klux Klan, which sought to maintain white supremacy and undermine African American rights. Others engaged in the political process, while many poor whites and freedmen found common ground in sharecropping arrangements. Overall, the period was marked by significant tension and conflict as Southern society grappled with the implications of emancipation and federal intervention.
What else can I help you with?
What was the nickname of the democrats who dominated southern politics after reconstruction?
Redeemers
What are the two phases of the Reconstruction Era?
The Reconstruction Era in the United States is commonly divided into two phases: Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction. Presidential Reconstruction, initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and later continued by Andrew Johnson, focused on quickly reintegrating the Southern states with leniency towards former Confederates. In contrast, Congressional Reconstruction, led by the Radical Republicans, sought to impose stricter measures, including civil rights protections and military oversight, to ensure the political and social integration of formerly enslaved people and to reshape Southern society.
What factors led to the end of reconstruction?
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.
During Reconstruction their opponents called Southern white Republicans?
Scalawags
How did Southern States get back into the Union after the Civil?
through the reconstruction process.
How did many southern state governments respond to the demands of reconstruction?
I dont no
What where southern people who supported republican policies during reconstruction?
sharecroppers
Whose plan for post-Civil War Reconstruction was the best for Southern whites?
Ulysses S. Grant had the best reconstruction plan for the southern white people. The reconstruction era took place from 1865 to 1877.
Process whereby southern states were readmitted into the union?
reconstruction
What nickname was given to people from southern states that supported reconstruction laws that helped African Americans?
Scalawag
What were southern military leaders not allowed to do during reconstruction?
Southern military leaders weren't allowed to hold office during reconstruction.
How did southern economy change after reconstruction?
The South had developed a more balanced economy after Reconstruction
HOW DID SOUTH CAROLINA AND MANY OTHER SOUTHERN STATES RESPOND TO THE PASSAGE OF RECONSTRUCTION?
an increasing number of southern whites turned to violence in response to the revolutionary changes of Radical Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations targeted local Republican leaders, white and black, and other African Americans who challenged white authority.
In what year did the Southern Reconstruction end?
In 1896
Southern politics after reconstruction was dominated?
Southern white Republicans 'scalawags'
What statement best characterizes the views of Southern Democrats on reconstruction?
Most Southern Democrats supported President Lincoln's Reconstruction plan.
Which idea was a part of Lincoln plan for Reconstruction?
The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863 was part of Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan. The plan for reconstruction was based on forgiveness to unite the northern and southern states.
