Identify the ways southern Whites reacted to Reconstruction. square The Ku Klux Klan and similar groups emerged. The traditional planter elite wanted to "redeem" the South from Republican rule. Southern Whites donated land to freed Blacks. Southern elites developed ways to indirectly control freed Blacks. square massacons

The correct answers describing Southern White reactions to Reconstruction are:<br /><br />* **The Ku Klux Klan and similar groups emerged:** White supremacist organizations like the KKK used violence and intimidation to suppress Black voting, undermine Reconstruction governments, and restore white dominance.<br /><br />* **The traditional planter elite wanted to "redeem" the South from Republican rule:** The term "Redeemers" refers to the Southern Democrats who aimed to oust the Republican coalitions that included Black voters and regain control of state governments. They viewed Reconstruction as a corrupt and illegitimate imposition by the North.<br /><br />* **Southern elites developed ways to indirectly control freed Blacks:** Through practices like sharecropping and debt peonage, many formerly enslaved people became economically dependent on white landowners, limiting their freedom and mobility. Black Codes also restricted their rights.<br /><br />Southern Whites *did not* donate land to freed Blacks. Land redistribution was a key goal for many formerly enslaved people, but it was fiercely resisted by the white Southern elite who wanted to maintain their economic and political power. Proposals like "40 acres and a mule" never materialized on a wide scale.<br />