Was there a New South after the Civil War? What elements have or have not marked the New South? After the Civil War, the South was in a state of political unrest, social chaos, and economic decline. Contrary to popular belief, Northerners did not subject Southerners to unethical or inhumane sanctions. The period following the Civil War was marked by efforts to rebuild the South, but the question nevertheless arises whether there really is a new South. Yes, there was a sort of New South economically. No, there was no New South when it came to race relations and social hierarchy. By the 1870s, the South realized that the world still saw them as the ones who wanted slavery. It was necessary to project a new image to the world and stimulate economic development. Some say the New South began to emerge when federal troops were withdrawn from the South in 1877 and was constantly reformed into the 20th century. A group of Democratic officials, the Redeemers, allegedly redeemed the South from federal intervention. These leaders came from the middle classes and the majority of them had served the Confederacy. The Redeemers wanted to increase economic opportunities for southerners. The most important person in the Redeemer years was a journalist, the "spokesman for the New South," a man named Henry W. Grady. Grady was an ardent promoter of a “New South.” He apologized for defending slavery and explained how the South had learned its lesson. There was certainly no immediate New South; there have been changes in the South, but nothing that would qualify it as having a new attitude. Economically, the South grew after the Civil War. There was the construction of new railroads, as well as... middle of article ......00_unit_five_lesson_sixteen.htm "Lesson Sixteen: Creating a New South - The New South", New Frontiers for the Nation , http://web3.unt.edu/cdl/course_projects/HIST2610/content/05_Unit_Five/16_lesson_sixteen/00_unit_five_lesson_sixteen.htm “American History 102: The “New South,” “American History 102: The “New South”,” “American History 102: The “New South”, “American History 102: The “New South”, “American History 102: The “New South””, “Constitution of the United States”, National Archives and Records Administration, http :// www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html “American History 102: The “New South”, “Constitution of the United States” “Constitution of the United States” “American History 102: The “ New South",'""American History 102: The "New South"", "American History 102: The "New South" »,’”