HIST 2061 Study Guide - Scalawag, White Southerners, De Facto
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C. republican control: congressional control and african american suffrage- boycotting congress for control of reconstruction and granting suffrage to blacks. Birth of black politics: 1867-8: constitutional conventions, democratic boycott- boycotting suffrage of african americans. Paid for by state gov"ts: economic problems & de facto segregation, some states raise taxes to get money they need. A lot of states are poor at this time: a lot of farm based is depended on children. V: the state constitutions benefit everyone in the south not just. In most southern states, the governments are run largely by white republicans. Large black populations from 25-45: local black officials, mayor, sheriffs, coroners v. statewide officials, most black officeholders are in small offices. In black majority counties: no black people will be in statewide offices, 6 african americans lt. governors during reconstruction period, black lt. governors & pbs pinchback, pinchback serves as governor of louisiana for 35 days. Governor, but the governor was impeached which left.
