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What measures did the redical republicans tack to make reconstruction hard for the white south?
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In what year did the Radical Republicans take over the Reconstruction process?
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.
Which statement is true of the state legislature of south corolina and Mississippi during reconstruction?
They had more African Americans than any other state.
Which political party did southerners tend to support?
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.
What was the name given to republicans from the north who moved south after the civil war to make money?
The Southerners called them Carpetbaggers, because they usually carried Gladstone bags made with carpet material.
Definition of Scalawags?
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.
Whose Reconstruction plan was toughest on the South?
Radical Republicans
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.
True or False Lincoln refused to sign the Republicans' plan for reconstruction?
Lincoln did refuse to sign the Republicans' plan for reconstruction. Lincoln had developed his own plan which was more lenient toward 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.
How did radical republicans feel about the return of the south to the union?
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.
What word best characterizes the status of the South's treatment in the Radical Republicans' plan for reconstruction?
Deserved
Which of the folowing best reflects the attitude of the Radical Republicans toward Reconstruction?
The South should be punished.
Northerners who supported the republicans and moved south during reconstruction was called?
carpetbaggers
What name did the southerners give to northern republicans who moved to the south during reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Which of the following best reflects the attitudes of the radical republicans towards reconstruction?
The South Should Be punished.
What group opposed Lincolns Reconstruction plan because they believed it was too lenient on the South?
Radical Republicans
What was the diminishing effectiveness of Reconstruction in the South?
Racism among moderate Republicans led them to ascribe Republican defeats in the South to the incompetence of black politicians.
