Question

What did White Southerners think the goal was of all northerners who moved south during re-construction?

Answer 1

White Southerners believed that the goal of northerners moving south during Reconstruction was to impose their political and social views on the region, and to assert control over the defeated South. They saw them as unwanted interlopers who were trying to interfere in Southern affairs and disrupt the traditional way of life. Southern whites resented the presence of northerners in their communities and viewed them with suspicion and hostility.