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The majority of southern Republican voters were?
Southerners who saw an advantage to backing the Reconstruction of the South represented the majority of Southern Republicans. Much like the northerners who were against the Civil War (Copperheads), these southerners earned a derisive nickname. They were called "Scalawags".
What was a popular southern saying before the civil war about cotton?
"Cotton is King!"
What was the immediate cause of the secession of southern states before the civil war?
Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.
What was the population in the South before the Civil War?
They had nine million people before the civil war started, meanwhile the North had twenty two million people
What percentage of the south's total population was slaves before the civil war?
About a third
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