Redeemer movement

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The Redeemer movement was a post–Civil War political coalition in the American South that sought to restore white Democratic control and roll back Reconstruction-era reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative movement
historical movement
political movement
appliesToJurisdiction former Confederate states
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime late 19th century
hasEffect consolidation of one-party Democratic rule in the South
end of Reconstruction in the South
institutionalization of racial segregation
rise of Jim Crow laws
undermining African American civil rights
widespread Black disenfranchisement
hasGoal disenfranchise African American voters
end Reconstruction
reassert white supremacy
reduce federal intervention in Southern politics
restore home rule in Southern states
restore white Democratic control in the South
roll back Reconstruction-era reforms
hasLocation Southern United States
surface form: American South
hasPart Southern Democrats
surface form: Bourbon Democrats

Mississippi Plan supporters
Southern Democrats
business interests
former Confederates
planter class
white elites
ideology Democratic Party dominance in the South
conservatism
white supremacy
influenced Lost Cause narrative in Southern politics
establishment of Jim Crow system
influencedBy defeat of the Confederacy
emancipation of enslaved people
opposed Radical Republicanism
surface form: Radical Republicans

Reconstruction policies
federal civil rights enforcement
startTime circa 1870
supported business-friendly policies
limited government
low taxes
states rights
temporalContext Reconstruction era
post–Civil War period
usedMethod electoral fraud
paramilitary organizations
political violence
voter intimidation

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