There were many horrible tactics used to intimidate African Americans and the non-African Americans who supported them. There were fiery crosses burned in yards, bricks thrown through windows, and people beaten.
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Scalawags or whigs
the introduction of a tax-supported school system
Some Southern whites saw an advantage in supporting the Republicans and the Reconstruction. They were referred to as scalawags.
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Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War. Samuel F. Phillips was perhaps the most famous scalawag.