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AP U.S. History 2.5 Period 5: 1848-1877. In general, how did Southerners react to the wave of Northerners who migrated to the South after the Civil War?

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All right, give this excerpt a read here, right here.

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All right.

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In general, how did Southerners react to the wave of Northerners

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who migrated to the South after the Civil War?

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And here are your potential answers.

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[ water glugs ]

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[ mumbles ]

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[ mumbling continues ]

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All right, you know the big migration of former slaves

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to the North following the war? Well, there was also

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a big migration of Northerners coming down to the South.

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Some of them were abolitionists relocating for the noble work

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of improving access to education.

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The not-so-noble were businessmen looking to profit

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from the chaos following five years of destructive conflict.

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So let's see which answer best describes how Southerners reacted

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to the folks who rode that midnight train down to Georgia.

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Well, in general, did Southerners react to the wave of Northerners

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with the feeling that A - they needed the Northerners' technical knowledge?

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Well, actually, the economy remained predominantly agriculture-based

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in the years following the war, so there wouldn't have been

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any big need to share in technical knowledge.

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So it's not A. Did Southerners

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B - welcome the Reconstruction aid Northerners provided?

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Well, they say there's no such thing as a free lunch,

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and in the Southerners' case, there were a whole bunch

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of strings attached to the relief coming from the North.

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So that knocks out B.

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Would Southerners have C - appreciated that Northerners

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would accept low wages?

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All those Northern businessmen that flooded the region after the war, you kidding?

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Well, they were looking for a quick buck in bottom-rate prices.

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So low wages definitely were not on the table.

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So it can't be C, either.

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Which means that Southerners D - mistrusted Northerners

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and accused them of exploitation.

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Four years of fighting brewed a lot of bad blood,

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so when Northerners flooded the region following their victory,

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Southerners were none too pleased with what they found

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regardless of the Northerners' intentions.

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So D is the right answer, and it looks like Reconstruction

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might have been a few tools short of a toolbox.

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[ hammer bangs ]

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