USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did carpetbaggers harm the Reconstruction Period?
A
With voter suppression laws
B
With damage caused by their greed and corruption
C
With the promotion of violent groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan
D
With changes to equality laws
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How did Carpetbaggers affect Reconstruction? The Carpetbaggers had a significant effect on Reconstruction: Many White Southerners were dispossessed of their lands by Carpetbaggers and denied political power. Carpetbaggers sought allies with Scalawags and Freedmen to form the Republican Party in the South.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term carpetbagger was used by opponents of Reconstruction-the period from 1865 to 1877 when the Southern states that seceded were reorganized as part of the Union-to describe Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power.

Detailed explanation-3: -They stopped funding reconstruction legislation. How did carpetbaggers harm the reconstruction period? With damage caused by their greed and corruption.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scalawags were white Southerners who supported the policies of Reconstruction. This meant that they backed the Republican Party or assisted Black freedmen and Northern newcomers. Therefore, the majority of Southerners saw them as traitors.

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