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Did the south support the Democratic Party following the civil war?
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∙ 12y ago
The majority of white southerners did. Blacks anywhere between 1860 and 1930's strongly supported the Republican Party.
Alanis Price
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∙ 12y agoYes. Because the Republican party was instrumental in Reconstruction (which took over the governments of Southern states after the Civil War), the former Confederate states became ardently Democratic, forming the so-called "solid South."
Unfortunately, these Democratic majorities (whose support was actively sought in Congress) were used to maintain white supremacy in much of the South, which lasted until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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True or false the south firmly supported the democratic party following the civil war?
true
What marked the decline of the Democratic party until its resurgence in the 1930's?
the civil war
Which political party was dominant 30 years following the Civil War?
The Republican Party.
What is a Dixiecrat?
a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic party, esp. a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic party.
Why is an amnesty often a positive step in building a democratic state following a rebel on or civil war?
True
Why did the dixiecrats leave the Democratic Party?
They did not support Trumans civil rights policies.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:?
Cost the Democratic Party the support of the South.
Why Southern Dixiecrat left the democratic party?
They did not support Truman's civil right policies
Why did Southern Dixiecrat left the Democratic Party?
They did not support Truman's civil right policies
True or false the south firmly supported the democratic party following the civil war?
true
How did Truman's support of civil rights cause a split in the Democratic Party?
The deep South was still unprepared to rid itself of "Jim Crow" attitudes.
What did the 1964 civil rights act do?
It is not the concept of what did the civil rights did.. it is more of who was the civil rights act
What party did Hitler and Mussolini support during the Spanish Civil War?
The Nationalists This group, which had facist tendencies, rebelled against Spain's democratic Republican Government.
The South firmly supported the Democratic Party following the Civil War?
The majority of white southerners did. Blacks anywhere between 1860 and 1930's strongly supported the Republican Party.
Does the original republican party back in the time of the civil war relate more to the present democratic party?
The past republican party does not relate to the present democratic party in terms of fiscal conservatism. However, the republican party at the time of the Civil War if you are referring to Lincoln's republican party, was certainly more socially liberal and in line with today's democratic party.
Andrew Jackson was the leader of what political party?
jackson was the first candidate for his Democratic Party. Its last candidate was James Buchanan in 1856. It split over slavery. After a civil war, a new opposition party was formed to counter the Republicans and it took the name Democratic Party, but it had few ties with Jackson's Democratic Party.
Which political party did southerners tend to support?
I would say Southern states nowadays are generally carried by the Republican party. However, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the South tended to vote for the Democrats, who were ideologically different than today's Democratic party.
