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'''Half-Breeds''' were the more [[liberal]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] from 1877-1884 that pushed for a [[civil service system]]. Civil service reform in the South effectively barred [[Black]]s from government jobs. Conservatives called them Half-Breeds because they advocated allowing former [[Confederate]] Rebels into the civil service and refused to deal with the [[Ku Klux Klan]]'s [[voter suppression]] of [[African American]] [[civil rights]], they were only "half Republican" in their view, or [[Republican in Name Only]]. They facilitated the [[Jim Crow]] Democrats take over of [[the South]] at the end of [[Reconstruction]].
'''Half-Breeds''' were the more [[liberal]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] from 1877-1884 that pushed for a [[civil service system]]. Civil service reform in the South effectively barred [[Black]]s from government jobs. Conservatives called them Half-Breeds because they advocated allowing former [[Confederate]] Rebels into the civil service and refused to deal with the [[Ku Klux Klan]]'s [[voter suppression]] of [[African American]] [[civil rights]], they were only "half Republican" in their view, or [[Republican in Name Only]]. They facilitated the [[Jim Crow]] [[Democrat]]s take over of [[the South]] at the end of [[Reconstruction]].
They were led by [[corrupt]] [[Senator]] [[James G. Blaine]] of [[Maine]]. After the [[American Civil War]] they succeeded the moderate Republicans who had been more interested in maintaining the [[spoils system]] than the [[Radical Republicans]] commitment to civil rights. Their main achievement was the passage of the [[Pendleton Act]], which helped to expand the powers of the [[Deep State]].<ref>[https://www.aier.org/article/the-birth-of-the-deep-state-a-history/ The Birth of the Deep State: A History]</ref>
They were led by [[corrupt]] [[Senator]] [[James G. Blaine]] of [[Maine]]. After the [[American Civil War]] they succeeded the moderate Republicans who had been more interested in maintaining the [[spoils system]] than the [[Radical Republicans]] commitment to civil rights. Their main achievement was the passage of the [[Pendleton Act]], which helped to expand the powers of the [[Deep State]].<ref>[https://www.aier.org/article/the-birth-of-the-deep-state-a-history/ The Birth of the Deep State: A History]</ref>