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When Reconstruction began, which groups of Americans living in the South tended to support the Democratic Party?

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Answered by Ms. Sue
Abraham Lincoln's Republican party freed the slaves and began Reconstruction of the South. The Southern whites bitterly opposed Reconstruction and turned en masse to the Democratic party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats#American_Civil_War_.26_post-Reconstruction

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556642_2/Reconstruction_(U_S_history).html
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