HIST 2057 Chapter : 6612
Document Summary
Fort pillow battle union soldiers try to surrender but he refuses and has them shot. Kkk forms 1866 as a veterans assoc. , but quickly turns into politics as they bully the republican tn governor out and seat a democrat. Ga klan had been so successful that there were no republicans in 1870"s. Going after freedmen and scalawags (southern union supporter). Enforcement acts and anti-klan legislation: give grant ability to police the south. Klan has already been successful: redeemers word war. Negro rule they create the illusion that freedmen are ruling the south and using their power to exact revenge. Carpetbaggers and scalawags (white people who voted republican) were used frequently. By calling themselves redeemers they make themselves out to be religious saviors. Cleaning up the mess of carpetbaggers, scalawags, freedmen oppression. Republican fracture and problems in court: liberal republicans and economic priorities: liberal is small business, elitest, classical liberalism limited sufferage, limited govt, no capital promoting 14th amendment.
