During Reconstruction in the South, most white Southerners

welcomed legislation supporting freed African Americans.

worked closely with African Americans to rebuild the South.

resented the destruction of the Southern economy.

joined the Ku Klux Klan, especially those who lived in cities.

Resented the destruction of the Southern economy

Explanation:

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During Reconstruction in the South, most white Southerners resented the destruction of the Southern economy.

Explanation:

Reconstruction was the period in the history of the United States after the end of the Civil War, from 1865 to 1877, during which the losers of the southern states of the Confederation were reintegrated into the United States and the slave system was abolished throughout the country.

The white southern inhabitants, in their majority, supported the Democratic Party and the Confederacy, with which they disapproved of the northern intervention in their territories. This worsened when "carpetbaggers", northern politicians of the Republican Party, began to settle in the south.

In most southern states, representatives of blacks ended up in local governments. However, in response, numerous secret racist organizations emerged in the South, including the Ku Klux Klan, implementing a policy of terror and violence. The failure of the republican authorities was aggravated by the economic crisis of 1873. In the end, the republican governments lost the support of voters in the southern states, and democrats returned to power.

In 1877, army participation in public administration in the South was discontinued. The democratic governments of the southern states did not restore slavery, but adopted discriminatory laws called the Jim Crow laws. As a result, blacks became second-class citizens, and the racist principles of white supremacy still dominated public opinion.