Chapter 12: Section 3 Republican Rule
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