USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which group came to dominate the white South following Reconstruction?
A
Democrats
B
Radical Republican
C
Liberal Republicans
D
the Tweed Ring
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Redeemers were a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era that followed the Civil War. Redeemers were the Southern wing of the Democratic Party. They sought to regain their political power and enforce white supremacy.

Detailed explanation-2: -By 1870 all the former Confederate states had been readmitted to the Union, and nearly all were controlled by the Republican Party.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Radical Republicans were a faction of the Republican party that sought to impose a harsh version of Reconstruction over the former Confederate states following the Civil War. They were also very supportive of establishing and protecting the civil and voting rights of the newly freed Black population of the south.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since Southern Democrats had left Congress when their Confederate states seceded, the Republican Party dominated the federal government and national politics during the Era of Reconstruction.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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