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What group formed the backbone of the Republican Party in the South during Reconstruction?
the carpetbaggers
When did South Carolina pass an order of secession?
December 1860 - after Lincoln had been elected as the first president from the newly-formed Republican party.
What was the political party formed by northerners and southerners who left the Whig and Democratic parties because neither addressed the slavery issue called?
The easiest i can put this is the North was the Republicans and the South was the Democrats. And the Whig party didnt exist anymore, it eventualy formed into the Republican party as seen above.
What are Scalawags and carpetbaggers are terms associated with what?
Scalawags were southern Unionists or Republicans under Reconstruction, and "carpetbaggers" (named for their soft-sided luggage) were Northerners who helped with the change of governments and businesses after the Civil War.
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South?
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
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