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How did scalawags influence the social structure of the South during Reconstruction?
They provided Republican votes, leading to the writing of state constitutions that gave civil rights to African Americans.
They served as a military force in the South, forcing southern states to abide by civil rights laws.
They created the sharecropping system, preventing African Americans from gaining economic power in the South.
They terrorized African Americans and their allies, burning Black schools and churches to the ground.