Reconstruction

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still tied to the land. In addition, the Southern economy had not escaped from control by Northern financiers, as evidenced by the high interest rates. Because of these rates, the small farmers became subject to the creditors and lacked economic freedom. Finally, many stubborn Southerners refused to accept tax programs which would provide funds for the social services needed to rebuild their economy after the war. As a result, too many white and black farmers still lived in poverty. During , the most glaring political consequence of the Radical Republican efforts was that a great majority of Southern whites sided with the Democratic party. Southerners saw the Republican party as the party of the “negro and corrupt white man,” who hated the South. Eventually, former Confederate states were limited to only the one-party system. Also, although the U.S. Congress tried to give more political and voting freedom to blacks in the 15th Amendment, Democratic leaders limited their access by ...

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