RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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They were accepted by many southerners because they had skills in education and industry.
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They were forced to leave after being denied jobs and homes in the South.
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They were seen as outsiders who were taking advantage of the post-war opportunities.
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They were welcomed as their aid was greatly needed in the post-war South.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
Detailed explanation-2: -scalawag, after the American Civil War, a pejorative term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen and the so-called carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
Detailed explanation-4: -They were called Carpetbaggers because they had suitcases made of carpet fabric and were viewed as intruders. a large terrorist group and secret society organized to terrorize African Americans and white supporters of Reconstruction started by former Confederate soldiers in Pulaski, Tennessee.