Chapter 12: Section 3

Republican Rule

Vocabulary Migration Scalawag Carpetbagger Graft Black Republicanism KKK KKK Acts

Essential Questions What were the effects of Republican

Rule in the South? What was the resistance to

Republican Rule?

Republican Rule in the South By 1870-All States have rejoined the

Union During Reconstruction many northerners

moved to the south and were elected or appointed into government positions

Southerners viewed Northerners as intruders looking to make money off of the south in the postwar

Republican Rule in the South… Southerners

referred to these Northerners as carpetbaggers because some brought suitcases made of carpet fabric

Republican Rule in the South… Carpetbaggers

Some exploited the South Most looked for more opportunities than

they could find in the North and West Schoolteachers for whites and African

Americans

Republican Rule in the South… Southerners also

disliked scalawags – white southerners who worked with Republicans and supported Reconstruction

Republican Rule in the South… Scalawags

Small farm owners Wanted to keep wealthy land owners out

of power Favored Republican Reconstruction

Republican Rule in the SouthAfrican Americans Thousands enter politics “Black Republicanism”-

Whites claim that African Americans took over politics in the South

Not true

Republican Rule in the SouthRepublican Reforms in the South Repeal of Black Codes State Hospitals and Institutions Rebuilt transportation system Established Schools Paid for reforms through borrowing

and collecting taxes

Republican Rule in the South…

Some Republicans in the South were corrupt.

Graft, or getting money illegally through politics, was common in both the South and the North.

African American CommunitiesEducation By 1870

4,000 School, 9,000 Teachers, 200,000 Former Slaves

40% attended school Universities-Tight network of schools

Fisk University-Tennessee Atlanta University Morehouse College

Georgia

African American Communities…

Religion Established Churches

Center of Community Social Center Unofficial Courts

Essential QuestionWhat was the resistance to

Republican Rule?

Southern Resistence Rise of Resistance against Republican

Reform Despise the “Black Republican”

Want to bring power back to the Democratic Party in the South

Ku Klux Klan Secret Society-Founded

1866 Former Confederate Soldiers-

Tennesee

Goal-Drive out Union Troops and Carpetbaggers

Rode in gangs at night Burned homes, schools Drove out Freedmen’s Bureau

officials

Letter to Congress“We believe you are not familiar with the

description of the Ku Klux Klan’s riding nightly over the country, going from county to county, and in the county towns spreading terror wherever they go by robbing, whipping, ravishing, and killing our people without provocation…We pray you will take some steps to remedy these evils.”

Enforcement Acts KKK’s actions outraged Grant 1st-Illegal to interfere with the right to vote 2nd-Elections under the supervision of

federal marshalls 3rd-KKK Act-outlawed activities of the Klan

3000 Arrested 600 convicted