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Republican [[carpetbagger]]s flooded the South after the war to buy up tax-delinquent plantations and run for political office in which many white male Democrats were barred. Newly freed Blacks held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions as well. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats. The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was formed by Democrats 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 in which many white male Democrats were barred. Newly freed Blacks held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions as well. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats. The [[Ku Klux Klan]] was formed by Democrats to engage in voter intimidation and suppression.  

By 1876, the situation had become ungovernable for Republicans, inexperienced in the spoils system. The Republicans had been able to pass the 13th. 14th, and 15th Amendments to guarantee Blacks basic equality and civil rights, an amnesty was declared for whites who engaged in rebellion, Reconstruction ended, and Republicans withdrew from [[social engineering]] which had divided the country so deeply and stirred up such bitterness and hatred by Democrats against themselves.

By 1876, the situation had become ungovernable for Republicans, inexperienced in the spoils system. The Republicans had been able to pass the 13th. 14th, and 15th Amendments to guarantee Blacks basic equality and civil rights, an amnesty was declared for whites who engaged in rebellion, Reconstruction ended, and Republicans withdrew from [[social engineering]] which had divided the country so deeply and stirred up such bitterness and hatred by Democrats against Republicans.

===Civil Service Act===

===Civil Service Act===