Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau, Scalawags, Carpetbaggers— all terms no longer taught even in the South.
Or that the original klan was disbanded in 1877, as a result of the Force Acts (and some would say the success of the organization in re: Rutherford B. Hayes compromise on electors and his removal of Federal troops from the South— it happened— along with a Democratic House in the 45th Congress). Thus began the Solid South.
very true, about terms not being taught.
If there was ever a modern day carpetbagger then wassermann here in FL is the prime example