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Most white Southerners reacted to defeat and emancipation with dismay. Many families had suffered the loss of loved ones and the destruction of property. Some thought of leaving the South altogether, or retreated into nostalgia for the Old South and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.
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What were most white southerners in the antebellum south?
most white southerners were non-slaveholding family farmers
What was the term used by southerners for a democratic white rule?
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South?
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
Which were the white southerners who cooperated with the republicans during reconstruction?
Scalawags
What was the term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule?
Redemption
What were most white southerners in the antebellum south?
most white southerners were non-slaveholding family farmers
How did white southerners respond to end of slavery?
With the Black Codes, a law designed to drive former slaves back to the plantations.
What was the result of plessy v Ferguson decision in the south?
That place that were integrated were segregated.
What did white southerners call northern born republican who moved south?
Carpet Baggers
What consequence did the Plessy decision have in the South?
Black and white Southerners developed etiquette for dealing with segregation laws Segregation laws led to social separation between white and black Southerners
How did radical white southerners oppose rights for african americans?
Radical white southerners did everything in their power to oppose rights for African Americans. Namely, the white southerners would African Americans to take tests and pay outrageous fees in order to vote.
What were five major ways in which white southerners reasserted their control in the south after reconstruction?
Cuz they wanted to
What groups of the south supported the Republican Party?
Scalawags. White Southerners supporting the Republicans.
What was the result of plessy v. Ferguson decision in the south?
black and white southerners were legally segregated
What was result of the plessy v. Ferguson decision in the south?
black and white southerners were legally segregated
How did the number of southern planters compare to the overall number of white southerners?
The number of southern planters was relatively small compared to the overall number of white southerners. Planters made up only a small percentage of the white population in the South, with the majority of white southerners being small farmers, laborers, or non-landowners.
What did the white southerners fear if slavery ended in the south?
That they would lose profit from all of the cotton fields
