1. The South During Reconstruction

2. What political party dominated politics in the South during reconstruction?
The Republican Party
What different groups supported this party?
African Americans
White settlers from the North
White southerners who supported northern policies

3. What type of representation did African Americans have in the new governments?
They did not control the government in any State
Had majority in the lower house of the Senate of South Carolina for a time
16 African Americans served in the House
Hiram Revels-Served in the Senate
Blanche Bruce- former slave who turned into a Senator from Mississippi.

4. Reconstruction Scalawag Carpetbagger
Name used for southern whites who sided with northern policies
Carpetbagger
Northerners who moved to the south after the war

5. Southern Control Over freed people
How?
Some told freed slaves they could not leave the plantations
Refused to rent land to African Americans or give them work
Some resorted to violence and intimidation

6. Ku Klux Klan Secret Society of terror
In Jackson County, Florida killed over 150 people in 3 year period
Carried out raids
Burned churches, homes and schools
Mass killings before elections to intimidate African Americans

7. Educational Improvements
Public systems for both races
African American Teachers were hired
African American centers for higher education
Ex Morehouse and Atlanta University

8. Work to be done
Generally African Americans and whites attended different schools.
Only Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina had integrated schools
But they were not enforced