the southern white man regained political power after the civil war by getting in good with Andrew Johnson who was later impeached no not really they gained it by committing themselves to the union.
the southern white man regained political power after the civil war by getting in good with Andrew Johnson who was later impeached no not really they gained it by committing themselves to the union.
take power from southern planters
After the war the Southern States enacted black codes as a way to restore the pre-emancipation system of the South. President Johnson also granted pardons to former Confederate soldiers, who then began to gain political power once returning home. Reconstruction was enacted to prevent the Southern States from gaining more political power and to ensure that slavery did not reoccur. Congress also passed more stringent requirements for states seeking readmission.
by being mean to them
In absolute numbers, they didn't. The best estimates of careful scholars are that 360,000 northern men died and 260,000 southern men. As a percentage of the population though, the southern loss was greater. There were four northern men, roughly, for every southern white man. There were 21 million people in the north, and 5.5 million white people in the south.
Reconstruction had absolutely nothing to do with rebuilding Southern infrastructure that was destroyed primarily by the North. Reconstruction and the goal of the radical republicans was to re-build the political male-up of the South to "look like" the north.
The Redeemers
The Redeemers
They wanted it to be a good freedom
The Amnesty Act of 1872 restored voting rights and political eligibility to most former Confederates in the South. This led to the reintegration of former Confederates into Southern politics and allowed them to regain political influence. As a result, Democrats, who largely represented white Southerners, gained power in the region, leading to the end of Reconstruction and the establishment of white supremacy in Southern politics.
Rich white plantation owners and they're control of slaves and cotton.
The end of the US's Reconstruction Era saw the Federal government retreat from taking an interest in Southern affairs. This resulted in the white Southern leaders reestablishing the white political power structure.
John White
Both the Knights of the White Camellia and the Redeemers were secret societies in the southern United States during the Reconstruction era. They were associated with white supremacist beliefs and used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction policies and assert white supremacy in the South.
They white southerners kept African Americans from political power is by creating Black codes
Yes it is the source of your power and if it leaves you three times you will die painfully. After it exits you you must consume it to regain your power.
White power and Democratic Party control
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