The American Civil War, RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION

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  • Created on: 19-03-18 19:57

What terms had Reconstruction Act laid down for ex

  • Accept the 14th Amenment- equality before the law. 
  • Black votes in state elections. 
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Who made up the Republican Coalition in the South?

  • Blacks
  • Carpetbaggers 
  • Scalawags
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What were blacks in the Republican Coalition like?

  • Representatives at state and federal level. 
  • South Carolina, 100/123 Black people. 
  • By 1877, US Congress, 2 Senators, 13 Congressmen all black people. 
  • Hiram Revels. First Black man in Congress. Replaces Jefferson Davis. Black people campaign for civil rights. 
  • Blanche Bruce. Born a slave and becomes a plantationer and senator for Mississippi.
  • Pinkey Pinchback. 1st ever black governor, 6 weeks. 
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Who were Carpetbaggers?

  • Economically exploit the South. 
  • General saying was 'Fatten our misfortunes'. 
  • Carl Schurz, German American General in Civil War, Union, Missouri Senator. 
  • Adelburt Ames. Little Round Top. 'Mission with a large M'. Governer of Mississppi. 
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Who were Scalawags?

  • White Southerners who supported Republicans. 
  • Traitors to South, called 'White Negroes'. 
  • Diverse group. 
  • James L Alcorn. 
  • Thomas Settle- North Corlaina
  • Joseph Brown- ex-Governor of Georgia.
  • Edward Degner- German immigrant. Grocer. 
  • James Longstreet- only one to support Republican party, hated after civil war. Confed. 
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How corrupt was the Republican state governments i

  • Many Republican politicians used power of patronage to beneift both themselves and supporters. 
  • Bribery was common- patronage. 
  • Southern debts multiplied, taxes increased. 
  • Freedmen's Bureau- Republican sponsered Federal Intervention. Dependency culture. 
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