Republicans in the South During Radical Reconstruction Republicans
Republicans in the South « During Radical Reconstruction, Republicans controlled Southern state governments
Republicans in the South « Carpetbaggers: * White northerners who moved to the South after the war
Republicans in the South « Scalawags: * White Southerners who “betrayed” the South by voting Republican
Republicans in the South « African Americans: * Largest group of Republican voters
African Americans in Southern Politics « During Reconstruction 600+ won election to state legislatures « 16 were elected to U. S. Congress * Hiram Revels- 1 st African American to be elected to U. S. Congress
Colored Rule in the South? Senate & House Delegates
Violence in the South « Ku Klux Klan * 1865 Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA
Violence in the South Wanted Democrats to regain con trol n a c i r f A d e z d i r n a o r r s n Te a c i r s e n Am ublica p e R
Violence in the South « Little was done to stop the KKK until… « Congress passed the Enforcement Acts of 1870 & 1871 * Klan violence declined
Education « 1870 s Reconstruction Governments in the South created public schools « Academies or colleges were opened
Sharecropping - System of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land.
Sharecropping Furnishing Merchant § Loan tools and seed up to 60% interest to tenant farmer to plant spring crop. Tenant Farmer § Plants crop, harvests in autumn. Landowner § Rents land to tenant in exchange for ¼ to ½ of tenant farmer’s future crop. s r e m r a f t t p b e e K d n i & r o o p § Farmer also secures food, clothing, and other necessities on credit from merchant until the harvest. § Merchant holds “lien” {mortgage} on part of tenant’s future crops as repayment of debt. § Turns over up to ½ of crop to land owner as payment of rent. § Tenant gives remainder of crop to merchant in payment of debt.
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