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The Congressional elections of 1866 put Radical Republicans in control of Congress. They set up a free labor economy using the military and the Freedmenâ??s Bureau. Rights of freed slaves were protected, labor contracts were negotiated, schools were set up to make the transition from slave to citizen easier. Many teachers, missionaries, business and politicians came to the south to help run things as well, they were derisively called â??Carpetbaggersâ?? by disgruntled southerners.
They had more African Americans than any other state.
I would say Southern states nowadays are generally carried by the Republican party. However, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the South tended to vote for the Democrats, who were ideologically different than today's Democratic party.
The Southerners called them Carpetbaggers, because they usually carried Gladstone bags made with carpet material.
Scalawags - a derogatory term (originally describing worthless livestock) applied to native white Southerners who supported the federal reconstruction plan and cooperated with the blacks in order to achieve their ends. Some of the scalawags were entirely above board, having opposed the Confederacy in earlier times and later wanted a new South to emerge from the rubble. Others cooperated with or served in the Republican governments in order to avail themselves of money-making opportunities.
Radical Republicans
Lincoln did refuse to sign the Republicans' plan for reconstruction. Lincoln had developed his own plan which was more lenient toward the south.
The Republicans gain control of Southern state governments during reconstruction by federal forces. This happen from the railroad schemes in the South.
The Republicans gain control of Southern state governments during reconstruction by federal forces. This happen from the railroad schemes in the South.
Radical Republicans generally wanted a strict Reconstruction policy for the South, including the enforcement of civil rights for freed slaves and punishment for Confederate leaders. Many felt that the return of the South to the Union was premature and that more drastic measures were needed to ensure lasting change and justice.
carpetbaggers
The South should be punished.
The South Should Be punished.
Carpetbaggers
Deserved
Radical Republicans
Racism among moderate Republicans led them to ascribe Republican defeats in the South to the incompetence of black politicians.