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A political deal was made during the national election of 1876, congressional reconstruction came to an end; this was called the great compromise of 1877, Hayes vs Tilden. The democrats agreed to allow Rutherford B Hayes to be president if the republicans would end reconstruction.
Most Southerns had far more money then there Northern counterparts. Ten of the twelve richest men in the country lived in Mississippi after the war. Money breeds power, or at least buys it.
Slavery also help reestablish part of the power of the South. The Civil War did not end slavery in the United States. It only ended it in areas not controlled by the North. Slavery ended in December of 1865 with the 13th amendment. The emancipation proclamation was a great political triumph by changing people views on the civil war to believe that it was solely over slavery.
Slaves were being used by the north during the civil war also!
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Why did the southern governments believe they were justified in passing black codes?
As the Reconstruction era passed, Southern whites became back in control of the old South. They passed all types of "laws" designed to prevent Blacks form voting. This enabled whites to regain the political power they lost right after the US Civil War.
Have African Americans once given the right to vote ever belong to the Republican Party?
When African Americans were first guaranteed the right to vote during Reconstruction, most of them voted for Republican candidates. This was because Southern Whites who were against Reconstruction mostly belonged to the Democratic Party.
Who was most likely to support the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan in 1896?
Southern farmers Populists Southern whites
Poor southern whites fought to defend their?
Poor southern whites fought to defend many things. These people fought to keep their land, their rights, and often their workers.
Why were some Southerners opposed to abolition?
Many Southern Whites had opposed Reconstruction from the start. They wanted to regain the wealth and power that they had before the Civil War. They also wanted to limit African-American's freedoms and rights. Some asked the courts to take back the land that had been given to freedmen.There is your answer. You are welcome. -Anonymous. 3/15/12.
