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Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.
James Longstreet. He supported the Union (and the Republicans), rather than the North. But many Southerners still viewed this as treachery.
SCALAWAG was a post civil war, reconstruction era term of insult for a white southerner who supported reconstruction efforts. The word comes down through the English language with various meanings over time, such as "farm laborer", "disreputable fellow", "habitual jokster", and early definition uses it as "undersized or worthless animal".
The main goal for the reconstruction in the Civil War was to rebuild and accept the South in the US again, but radical republican reconstruction wanted to make the South pay for what they had done. The radical republican reconstruction was somewhat of a success in that they had several bills passed in Congress against the South.
Carpetbaggers were usually rich, Republican capitalists who travels south during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War in order to invest their money in the new developing industries. Scalawags were Southern whites who supported the Reconstruction of the South.
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
James Longstreet
southerners who joined the Republican Party and they wanted the South to industrialize as quickly as possible
Republican
After the Civil War Southerners who supported the Republican Party and the Reconstruction were called 'Scalawags'. A 'scalawag' was generally a term that referred to low-grade farm animals.
A scalawag was a term used during the Reconstruction era in the United States to describe Southern whites who supported the Republican Party and its policies of promoting civil rights and rebuilding the South after the Civil War. They were often seen as traitors by other Southerners who opposed Reconstruction.
Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.
Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.
Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.
Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.
He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters.
He was a Southerner with an undistinguished record on racial matters.