RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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They used the destruction of the South for political and financial gain.
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They tried to make cities in South Carolina mirror the major cities in the North.
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They stopped South Carolinians from organizing another rebellion against the North. .
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They moved to heavily populated areas of South Carolina
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Detailed explanation-1: -White Southerners commonly denounced “carpetbaggers” collectively during the post-war years, fearing they would loot and plunder the defeated South and be politically allied with the Radical Republicans.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -These “carpetbaggers”–whom many in the South viewed as opportunists looking to exploit and profit from the region’s misfortunes–supported the Republican Party, and would play a central role in shaping new southern governments during Reconstruction.
Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, the majority of Southerners saw them as traitors. Former Confederate soldiers were disenfranchised at the beginning of Reconstruction because they had not yet taken an Ironclad Oath of allegiance to the Union. This gave incoming Northerners more political power.