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With the defeat of the Democrats and the South, to the victors went the spoils. The Republican party was founded a little more than a decade earlier, and lacked for issues other than dividing the spoils of victory, i.e. government jobs once the slaves were free.  Republicans immediately stripped [[white]] [[male]]s who engaged in rebellion against the [[United States]] of the [[vote]], and gave it to Blacks. The white males who were deprived of the vote were universally Democrats.

With the defeat of the Democrats and the South, to the victors went the spoils. The Republican party was founded a little more than a decade earlier, and lacked for issues other than dividing the spoils of victory, i.e. government jobs once the slaves were free.  Republicans immediately stripped [[white]] [[male]]s who engaged in rebellion against the [[United States]] of the [[vote]], and gave it to Blacks. The white males who were deprived of the vote were universally Democrats.

Reconstruction earned Republicans the undying [[hatred]] of Democrats, which has been passed down generation to generation until the modern day. This hatred is so intense, the very mention of the word "Republican" is often enough of a trigger word whose mere utterance can send a fourth or fifth generation Democrat into paroxysms and a fit of rage.

Reconstruction earned Republicans the undying [[hatred]] of Democrats, which has been passed down generation to generation until the modern day. This hatred is so intense, the very mention of the word "Republican" is often enough of a trigger word whose mere utterance can send a fourth or fifth generation Democrat into paroxysms of rage.

Republican [[carpetbagger]]s flooded the South after the war to buy up tax-delinquent plantations and run for political office.  Newly freed Blacks also held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions. Many whites were barred from holding office and voting. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats. They formed the [[Ku Klux Klan]] to engage in voter intimidation and suppression.  

Republican [[carpetbagger]]s flooded the South after the war to buy up tax-delinquent plantations and run for political office.  Newly freed Blacks also held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions. Many whites were barred from holding office and voting. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats. They formed the [[Ku Klux Klan]] to engage in voter intimidation and suppression.