"Radical" regimes

By the 1870's the South had reorganized their governments and had been accorded full rights. The hated "bluebellies" remained in the South to ensure that the new Republican regimes - usually called "radical" regimes -appeared to be firm and in motion like they wanted. But once the federal troops left the South they would go back to their old ways of Democracy. Finally, in 1877 the last of the federal troops was removed from state politics and the South was finally a "solid" democracy. The "radical" regime , however, did help to establish public schools,a tax system, public works, and also granteed women property rights.