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Life In The South During
Reconstruction 1865 - 18771865 - 1877
State Governments in State Governments in the Souththe South
State Governments in State Governments in the Souththe South
Led by Republicans (supported Northerners and viewed as traitors)
Former Confederate officials (Democrats) were banned in
Government officials unpopular with constituents (voters)
Not good in a democracy
Led by Republicans (supported Northerners and viewed as traitors)
Former Confederate officials (Democrats) were banned in
Government officials unpopular with constituents (voters)
Not good in a democracy
CarpetbaggersCarpetbaggersCarpetbaggersCarpetbaggers
Northerners who came to South to help reconstruction
Viewed by Southerners as making profits on their sorrow
Named carpetbaggers because of their expensive luggage
Hated in the South
Northerners who came to South to help reconstruction
Viewed by Southerners as making profits on their sorrow
Named carpetbaggers because of their expensive luggage
Hated in the South
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“The Carpetbaggers” by N.C. Wyeth
ScalawagsScalawagsScalawagsScalawags
Republicans from the South helping Congress with Reconstruction
Viewed as traitors in the South and very unpopular
Republicans from the South helping Congress with Reconstruction
Viewed as traitors in the South and very unpopular
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What is the story of the Trojan Horse?
How does the Trojan horse relate to the scalawags and Washington, D.C.?
Blacks Elected to Blacks Elected to GovernmentGovernment
Blacks Elected to Blacks Elected to GovernmentGovernment
Because of the Fifteenth Amendment, blacks could vote
Many black leaders were elected Hiram RevelsHiram Revels - first black man elected to Congress, he served as Senator from Mississippi. (Cool Fact - Took over Jefferson Davis’ seat!)
Blanche K. BruceBlanche K. Bruce - Senator from Mississippi
Because of the Fifteenth Amendment, blacks could vote
Many black leaders were elected Hiram RevelsHiram Revels - first black man elected to Congress, he served as Senator from Mississippi. (Cool Fact - Took over Jefferson Davis’ seat!)
Blanche K. BruceBlanche K. Bruce - Senator from Mississippi
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Hiram Rhodes Revels
Revels wanted to seek common ground between African Americans and white Southerners. He felt that in most places in Mississippi, “white people… accept as a fact that all men are born free and equal and… are ready to guarantee my people every right and privilege guaranteed to and American citizen.
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Jefferson Davis (as Iago from Shakespeare’s Othello, The Moor of Venice) looks on as Hiram Revels takes his seat
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Blanche K. Bruce - Senator from Mississippi
In Mississippi, the election of 1876 was controversial. Many people thought that Blacks were pressured to vote for white Democrats. Bruce stated, “The conduct of the last election in Mississippi… put into question and jeopardy the sacred rights of the citizen.”
Resistance to Resistance to ReconstructionReconstructionResistance to Resistance to ReconstructionReconstruction
Most white Southerners did not want blacks to be equal
Most landowners refused to rent property to blacks
Violence against blacks, carpetbaggers, and scalawags was common
Most white Southerners did not want blacks to be equal
Most landowners refused to rent property to blacks
Violence against blacks, carpetbaggers, and scalawags was common
Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan
Secret society started in Tennessee that quickly spread across the South
Wearing white robes and hoods, Members used terror and violence to stop Reconstruction efforts
Killed thousands of Blacks and white supporters
Burned homes, schools, and churches Government struggled to stop the KKK because few people would testify against them in court because of fear or support
Secret society started in Tennessee that quickly spread across the South
Wearing white robes and hoods, Members used terror and violence to stop Reconstruction efforts
Killed thousands of Blacks and white supporters
Burned homes, schools, and churches Government struggled to stop the KKK because few people would testify against them in court because of fear or support
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A cartoon threatening that the KKK would lynch carpetbaggers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Independent Monitor, 1868.
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The Ku Klux Klan was active in elections. This cartoon depicts the KKK supporting two Democratic candidates for a political office, saying they used to be members of the CSA, and now are members of the KKK, so you should vote for them.
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Mississippi KKK members in the disguises in which they were captured.
This appeared in Harper's Weekly, January 27, 1872.
The accompanying news story states that these men were captured in September 1871 in Tishamingo County by US Attorney G. W. Wells and assisted by US Marshall J. H. Pierce and his deputy John M'Coy.
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Sharecropping - Cycle of Sharecropping - Cycle of PovertyPoverty
Sharecropping - Cycle of Sharecropping - Cycle of PovertyPoverty
Most common form of farming for freedmen
Landowner contracts with laborer (sharecropper) for a percentage of crops produced
Landowners charged unfair amounts, keeping freedmen in debt season after season
Very similar to slavery
Most common form of farming for freedmen
Landowner contracts with laborer (sharecropper) for a percentage of crops produced
Landowners charged unfair amounts, keeping freedmen in debt season after season
Very similar to slavery
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