The political events following the Union’s victory of the 1881-1865 Civil War would mark the beginning of a political battle between Democratic and Republican parties of the North and South. This battle would spark tempers and enrage many leading to an uprising of terror and hatred which would begin to diminish only to reignite even stronger 100 years later. The war was over but the battle was just beginning. For 100 years the South was overseen by Democratic parties, however a change was on the horizon and it began with President Lincoln and would be passed on to fellow Republicans to put the plans into place after his death in 1865.
President Abraham Lincoln had not realized it but from the moment he gave the Emancipation Proclamation in …show more content…
According to Miller, (2016) “Grant took aim in 1871 at the Klan and others who attempted to interfere with black suffrage and other political rights”. Republicans were terrified to stand up to the KKK, due to the fact that it could potentially cause another war. Congress attempted to pass the Enforcement Act of 1870 which would not allow anyone to use force or threat of force against anyone trying to vote and the Ku Klux Klan Act (1871) which gave the government outstretched powers to capture and arraign any human being who conspired to rob citizens of their right to vote. The federal government sent troops into several different counties, apprehending hundreds of Klansmen. White supremacy gradually reasserted its hold on the South after the early 1870s as the support for Reconstruction weakened. The southern states incompetence to cease the Klan violence on their own told the North & federal lawmakers that Reconstruction would not withstand without any federal assistance. Racism was still a potent force in both South and North, and Republicans became more conservative and less unbiased as the decade continued. Critics charged that Grant’s actions violated the states’ rights, while others contended that the president did not do enough to protect the
President Abraham Lincoln had not realized it but from the moment he gave the Emancipation Proclamation in …show more content…
According to Miller, (2016) “Grant took aim in 1871 at the Klan and others who attempted to interfere with black suffrage and other political rights”. Republicans were terrified to stand up to the KKK, due to the fact that it could potentially cause another war. Congress attempted to pass the Enforcement Act of 1870 which would not allow anyone to use force or threat of force against anyone trying to vote and the Ku Klux Klan Act (1871) which gave the government outstretched powers to capture and arraign any human being who conspired to rob citizens of their right to vote. The federal government sent troops into several different counties, apprehending hundreds of Klansmen. White supremacy gradually reasserted its hold on the South after the early 1870s as the support for Reconstruction weakened. The southern states incompetence to cease the Klan violence on their own told the North & federal lawmakers that Reconstruction would not withstand without any federal assistance. Racism was still a potent force in both South and North, and Republicans became more conservative and less unbiased as the decade continued. Critics charged that Grant’s actions violated the states’ rights, while others contended that the president did not do enough to protect the