RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Freedmen who voted for the Democrats
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Freedman who voted for the Republican party
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Northerners who traveled to the South for profit
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Southerners who worked with the Radical Republicans
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Detailed explanation-1: -In United States history, the term scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
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: -The Radicals felt strongly that the Confederates needed to be punished for their pro-slavery views and should only be readmitted to the Union after they had abolished slavery among other conditions. They believed that government intervention in states was necessary to ensure abolition and civil rights for Blacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Scalawags had a significant impact and effect during the Reconstruction era: White Southerners, ex-confederate officers and the social elite were denied political power and replaced by the Scalawags. The Scalawags sought allies with Carpetbaggers and Freedmen to form the Republican Party in the South.