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During Reconstruction their opponents called Southern white Republicans?
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Who were scalawags and the carpetbaggers?
Scalawags were southerners who helped during Reconstruction and carpetbaggers were northerners who went south to help with Reconstruction. a helpful hint to remember which is which is to remember that scalawags and southerners both start with 's'.
Which of these was an important provision of the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction Act of 1867?
The provisions of the Reconstruction Act of 1867 were that the South would be divided into 5 military regions, members of the ruling class before the war lost their voting rights, and in order for the Southern states to reenter the Union, they had to approve new state constitutions that gave the vote to all men, including African Americans and they had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
What factors led to the end of reconstruction?
Reconstruction collapsed around 1877, when Southern Democrats gained power in all the former Confederate states. The Southern Democrats opposed the reforms of Reconstruction and deprived African-Americans of the political rights they had gained during Reconstruction.
Republican governments in the southern states during reconstruction were unpopular because?
African Americans remained disenfranchised
What did southern whites use to disenfranchise African American during reconstruction?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
How did republicans gain control the southern state governments during reconstruction?
The Republicans gain control of Southern state governments during reconstruction by federal forces. This happen from the railroad schemes in the South.
How did republicans gain control of southern state governments during the reconstruction?
The Republicans gain control of Southern state governments during reconstruction by federal forces. This happen from the railroad schemes in the South.
What was the name that the former confederates gave to the southern republicans during reconstruction?
Scalawags.
How did republicans gain control of southern state governments during reconstruction?
all southern african american men could vote.
How did southern whites regain political power after reconstruction?
The scalawags(or Southern Republicans who supported the North) gained political office during Reconstruction and also, so did the Carpetbaggers(Noerthern Republicans who moved to the South and got elected to public office).
What was the name given to a group of southern democrats who worked to break the power of republicans in the south during the reconstruction era?
Redeemers
How did republicans gain control of southern different?
by impeaching Johnson
What were the political parties during reconstruction?
Democrats and Ex Confederate, Moderate Republicans, and Radical Republicans
Which were the white southerners who cooperated with the republicans during reconstruction?
Scalawags
What were southern military leaders not allowed to do during reconstruction?
Southern military leaders weren't allowed to hold office during reconstruction.
What was the reason the Republicans gained control of southern state governments during reconstruction?
African-American freed slaves in the South faced a number of struggles after the Civil War. ... During this time, the federal government also attempted to provide aid to black ... After the Civil War, Republicans took control of all Southern state .
Whose plan of reconstruction was based upon a desire to punish southern states for causing bloodshed and suffering during the war?
President Andrew Johnson plan of reconstruction was based upon a desire to punish the southern states for causing so much bloodshed and suffering during the war The radical Republicans who had the majority in the Congress.
