Carpetbaggers! Scalawags!
republican reforms! African
Americans in office !
Kendall , Rita , Dominique, and
Jeremiah -1st period(Ms.fischer)
The origin of ……
The origin of scalawags was originally a German word
meaning LOW GRADE FARM ANIMALS!
They were not even considered to be people .
In a discovered 1860 dictionary it was meant as ‘a
worthless fellow ‘ . After the war , the president
wanted to get the south back to normal .
they separated the economy by class and the
scalawags were lower than the planter class, which
was considered the lowest class .
Photographs essential to
scalawags …
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OFFICE
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After gaining the right to vote, African American quickly began to
organize politically.
At first, African American leaders was artisans, shopkeepers, and
ministers. They were educated before the civil war.
Helped by the republican party, these leaders gave speeches and
recruited many blacks to take part in politics.
African Americans went from slaves to legislators and
administrators on nearly all level of government within a few
years. African American participated in government, but did not
control it.
Many serve as mayors, police chief, school commissioner, and as
delegates to state constitutional conventions. 14 were elected to
the House of Representatives and 2 to the senate.
hiram rhoades revels…
• Hiram Rhoades Revels was the first African
American United States Senator, taking the seat
left empty by Jefferson Davis in 1861 when
Mississippi seceded from the Union. Revels was
born in the 1820s in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
He was the son of free parents of mixed African
American and Native American ancestry.
QUESTIONS……?????
• Did blacks controlled the government?
• What was the argument presented to stop
Revel from becoming a senator?
• What were the jobs of leaders during the civil
war?
Publican reforms
Republican reforms in the south
The republicans repealed the black codes within the 1870s
allowing blacks to finally vote. They also built hospitals and
institutions for orphans, the deaf and blind, and the autistic.
They also built roads, railways, bridges, and covered all of the
payments. It seems like they were good republicans compared
to today’s republicans. However sadly, they had to borrow
money and were forced to raise property taxes to make it a
reality.
The worst recoil is that those who can’t pay it lose their homes
and their land. This hurts families, land owners, and farmers
drastically. Many republicans wanted to help the south but the
rest among them were sour and were opposing it graft was very
common in the south. Graft is gaining money through politics
illegally. Graft also gave the southern democrats the opportunity
to regain power in the 1870s.
carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved to the South were called
carpetbaggers. They were called carpetbaggers because they
arrived in the south with bags made of carpet. Many southerners
thought the North’s purpose in coming to the south was to
exploit them. However, in contrast, carpetbaggers actually came
to the South for other reasons. The first reason why
carpetbaggers moved to the south was because they wanted to
find more opportunities in the south that the North and West
lacked. The second reason why the carpetbaggers moved to the
south was to use the damage regions caused from the war in the
south that was not being used. The last reason why
carpetbaggers moved to the south was for the purpose of
educating the many people that lived there. Despite the good
intentions of the carpetbaggers, still many southerners disliked
them. Their dislike fueled some of the southerners to form a
supremist group known as the KKK-Ku Klux Klan. Why do you
think was the purpose of the KKK? Do you think there purpose
was fulfilled? Do you think the carpetbaggers were justified in
moving to the south?
(The KKK)
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Its very name struck terror in the hearts of its victims. However, the beginning of
the Ku Klux Klan was innocent enough. In December 1865, eight months after the
South’s surrender, a group of six young men living in the village of Pulaski near
Nashville, Tennessee decided to relieve their boredom by organizing a social club.
All were veterans of the Confederate Army and some had attended college where
fraternities with three-letter, Greek-based names were popular. In mock-imitation,
they came up with the alliterative title Ku Klux Klan for their group. Their meetings
would be secret and devoted to elaborate ceremonies. Members would disguise
themselves with a costume made up of a sheet to cover their bodies, fanciful
masks to hide their faces and pointed headgear that heightened their stature.
Their leader would be known as the Grand Cyclops.
Although their motives may have been innocent, the appearance of these whitesheeted, horse-mounted apparitions on the town’s darkened streets triggered a
panic-driven flight for safety by the community’s recently freed slaves. Soon,
terrorizing Blacks became a prime sport and the transition of the KKK from an
innocuous social club to a ruthless vigilance committee began.
THE KKK #2
• Transmitted by word-of-mouth and newspaper articles; knowledge
of the Klan rapidly spread through the South. Post-war conditions in
the former Confederacy were chaotic. The rapid expansion of the
Klan was fueled by a wide-spread fear among many Southern
Whites of an insurrection by former slaves and seething resentment
against Northern “carpet-baggers” who had invaded the South since
the end of the war. Local organizations mimicking the original
group’s secrecy and costumes sprang up in various communities. It
wasn’t long before the Klan evolved into one of the South’s most
powerful organizations. However, there was no hierarchal chain of
command – merely a loose-knit association of independent local
groups that shared common goals and tactics. Former slaves and
carpet-baggers were favorite targets for intimidation backed up by
violent night-time raids that could end in death.