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In what ways did white and black Southerners react to Reconstruction? Blacks were free but not equal because it was a difficult process for northerners and southerners who still practiced racism to understand the concept that white freedom meant the same as black freedom

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In what ways did white and black Southerners react to Reconstruction?

Blacks were free but not equal because it was a difficult process for northerners and southerners who still practiced racism to understand the concept that white freedom meant the same as black freedom. Freedmen from the Union army were the leaders of blacks under Reconstruction. They had built churches and schools for themselves while also getting politically involved. Whites who took office in the Southern state governments were either called carpetbaggers or scalawags. There was Southern resistance and the concept of White Redemption. Whites created black codes, they didn't follow Congress' rules, and their resistance to Congressional Reconstruction and "Radical Rule" was violent. Groups like the KKK, Knights of White Camelia, and White League were created.  Do you agree with this students post