How did democrats use the issue of corruption to them regain power in the south?

they pointed out corruption of republicans and blamed reconstruction for the problems facing the south.

they isolated the most corrupt government officials and impeached them to take back their offices.

they forced corrupt members of their party to resign and invited blacks to join with them in cleaning up government.

they requested an increase in federal troops to root out the corruption in their governments.

They pointed out corruption of Republicans and blamed Reconstruction for the problems facing the South.

The term "Scalawag" was used to refer to white people who supported the Republican Party and the Reconstruction.

They formed coalitions with black freedmen .

Democrats denounced they were corrupt. Democrats said that scalawags were financially and politically corrupt .

Later, during 1870, many scalawags left the Republican party and joined the Democrat coalition.

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explanation:

becase he becomes !