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Republican Rule. Chapter 12 Section 3 Coach Bush. Carpetbaggers and Scalawags. Many Northerners moved to the South and were elected into government positions Carpetbaggers were seen as intruders trying to exploit the South
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Republican Rule Chapter 12 Section 3 Coach Bush
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags • Many Northerners moved to the South and were elected into government positions • Carpetbaggers • were seen as intruders trying to exploit the South • some wanted to help, while others did want to take advantage of the war-torn South
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags • Southerners also hated scalawags, or white Southerners working with Republicans and supported Reconstruction • some were farmers, some were Democrats, and most were businessmen
Republican Reforms • African Americans begin to take government positions • held different types of positions in all facets of government • angered Southerners, claiming “Black Republicanism” was taking over the South
Republican Reforms • Republicans made reforms in the South • repelled all black code laws • established state hospitals and institutes for orphans, the mentally ill, and the hearing and visually disabled • established a system of public schools • rebuilt roads, railways, and bridges
Republican Reforms • Reforms cost money, however • officials implemented heavy taxes • corrupt officials committed grafts, or illegally gaining money through politics
African American communities • Once freed, African Americans desired to get an education • incorporated African Americans in public schools • built schools for African American children • institutions offered advanced academics for African Americans • African Americans also established their own churches • housed social gatherings, events, and schools
Resistance from the South • Organizations began to erupt to counteract the Black Republicans • Ku Klux Klan • started by former Confederate soldiers • Goal was to drive out the Union and carpetbaggers and regain the South for the Democratic Party • terrorized African American and Republican communities • Republicans and African Americans formed groups to protect themselves from these organizations
Enforcement Acts • To combat the violence in the South, Grant and Congress passed three Enforcement Acts 1. made it a federal crime to interfere with a person’s right to vote 2. Two made federal marshals in charge of federal elections 3. Three was the Klu Klux Klan Act, outlawed the activities of the Klan