...Following the end of the American Civil War (1861 to 1865), the Reconstruction era (1865 to 1877) took place to repair the North and South, politically, socially, and economically. It was also to rejoin the South to the Union, which had previously succeeded during the Civil War. There is no clear answer to if the Reconstruction Era was successful or if it was a failure. During the era, there was a range of events that were successful and failures which adds to the question of if the era was actually successful. Because of the many different views on Reconstruction created tensions and intolerance for the era as a whole which led to not much rebuilding. During the Era, Harper's Weekly (Doc set 7), a popular and significant newspaper published a couple of of cartoons written by Thomas Nast that show multiple views on Reconstruction, but the cartoons really dial in on the views people had on free African Americans. The first cartoon shows lady liberty next to and touching an African American man that is missing a leg which is implying that he had fought in the Civil war. This is touching on the fact that since many African american soldiers fought for the union and to keep it together, African americans deserve to have the same liberties and opportunities as anyone else. Another cartoon shows...
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...The Reconstruction Era that occurred several years after the Civil War was proved to be a difficult time for many americans. Some people agree that the Reconstruction was successful in some ways, but people also agree that the Reconstruction failed socially, economically, and politically. There were not many ways in which the Reconstruction was successful. Before the Reconstruction Era occurred, congress added the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States constitution. The 13th amendment states that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or and place subject to their jurisdiction…” (Doc B) This would mean...
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...known as Reconstruction. Reconstruction was essentially a time that was aimed at rebuilding and unifying the United States. This, however, was not at all an easy task. The United States was still trying to recover from the devastating, painful repercussions that had been embedded in the hearts and minds of countless people. Nevertheless, the nation needed to be restored and/or rebuilt immediately. The Reconstruction Era set out to do just that. It was a time that posed many debates and questions. For instance, what role would the federal government have in securing civil rights? In addition, what would the stipulations be in permitting the Confederate states to rejoin the Union and what should be done with the emancipated slaves? There were ultimately three main plans laid out in order to crack the many unanswered questions. The plans were as follows: President Lincoln’s Plan, President Johnson’s Plan, and Congress’s Plan. Ultimately,...
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...The Success and Failures of Reconstruction In the aftermath of the Civil War an arduous task of reconstruction lay ahead for the United States. Subsequently, the North and the South faced the many changes that were instituted. Mainly, it was the friction between the North and the South that prohibited success. Furthermore, Andrew Johnson's presidency evoked havoc on the then vulnerable country. Despite all, the addition of amendments resulted in some progress to the era; yet, states showed oppositions and formed groups and acts to disregard the amendments. In all, the Reconstruction era was deemed partly successful and partial failure; yet it did nullify slavery, granted voting rights to all males and ended segregation. After Abraham Lincoln's...
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...The Civil War and Reconstruction period, Gilded Age, Imperialism, and World War I all brought challenges, expansion, and transformation to this nation and it’s people. These periods would change the nation, “In the years following the Civil War, formed and their white allies, North and South, would seek to redefine the meaning and boundaries of American freedom” (Give Me Liberty 555). The Civil War split apart the nation due to slavery difference between the North and South. The historical narrative from 1865 through World War I involves the challenges faced by inequality and violence resulting in the transformation of geographical space, cultural landscape, and political institutions. The Civil War exacerbated existing racial discrimination...
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...Prompts Reconstruction Historian Synopses: • Dunning School (Traditional): Dunning and Moore. It is a Tragic Era. The Southerners were tortured. The two underlying foundations: (1) the South should have been readmitted quickly after its defeat (2) there should have been no discussion of racial equality for the freedmen. He is accused of being racist and pro-southern. The Republicans were divided between leniency (conservatives) and punishment (scalawags and carpetbaggers – radicals). The freedmen are not to be blamed because they were pawns and were used by the Republicans. Once a freedman voted for a Republican, he was not paid back for his loyalty. Corrupt and incompetent Reconstruction governments that were eventually overthrown when Democrats regained control and the Tragic Era could come to an end. Bitterness and hatred between the races resulted. South was converted into a colonial appendage. What the Radicals were trying to do was dominate the South as though it were a colony. Moore emphasizes the punishment of North on South. This is the very negative Traditional school • Revisionist School: Simpkins & Woody. In spite of the Traditional charges of incompetence, the Reconstruction governments achieved a lot. Most wrote new constitutions that introduced long-needed laws about school, administration, civil and judicial rights, etc. They were successful. The Reconstruction governments were not controlled by blacks. In no Southern state was there what...
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...The Reconstruction era was an era that started after the civil war. During the era 3 more amendment was created to give african american more civil rights. 13 was created to abolish slavery; 14 was to give them voting right and 15 was created to give people who were born here citizenship, but not people agreed with these now law. The Trail of James Byrd was about a white man dragged a black man to his death attached to the car. The white man thought that the laws were going to be as the 18s about slavery and were not going to search him for the death crime that he committed. The man got arrested, the judge found him guilty and the KKK member was sent to death penalty. Beside that some racial issue we experience today is that police officers...
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...The slavery was fast to spread and in 1641 Massachusetts were the first to make slavery legal. Soon it was officially legal. The slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. When the cotton gin was invented in 1793, the importance of slavery was central to the South’s economy. The Civil War In the mid 19th century, America expanded and six new states were admitted to the Union. Along with a growing abolition movement, a great debate over slavery began...
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...Abstract In this essay you will learn about the civil war, reconstruction, the progressive era, the great depression, and the civil rights era. Also the American Anti-Slavery and Civil rights Timeline, 1854-1896 during the civil war era. Identify and describe two examples of the U.S. Authority Expansion between the beginning of the U.S. Civil War and the end of the Civil War Era? (1) The twelve years following the Civil War carried consequences for the nation’s future. Reconstruction helped set the pattern for future race relations and defined the federal government’s role in promoting equality. This section describes President Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plan to readmit the confederate states to the Union as well as the more stringent Congressional plan; it also describes the power struggle between President Andrew Johnson and congress, including the vote over the president’s impeachment. This section also identifies the groups that ruled the southern state governments from 1866-1877 and explains why Reconstruction ended in 1877. (2) Immediately following the war, all-white Southern legislatures passed black code which denied blacks the right purchase or rent land. These efforts to force former slaves to work on plantations led Congressional Republicans to seize control of Reconstruction from President Andrew Johnson, deny representatives from the former Confederate states their Congressional seats, and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and draft...
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...Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror and the Death of Reconstruction the institution of slavery, status of freedman after the Civil War and the Colfax Massacre event itself are all examined and scrutinized. These institutions and events are all explained in painstaking detail that helps to highlight their importance in Louisiana history and in the Reconstruction era as a whole. Highlighting the cruelty of the institution of slavery and the loss of status and gains African Americans had made after the Colfax Massacre, is the goal of LeeAnna Keith and her book provides greater insight and understanding into this time period in Louisiana. Meredith Calhoun married Mary Smith, the daughter of former senator and wealthy judge William Smith. In working with Smith, Calhoun managed to transport a massive number of slaves, clear a large area for plantation work and build a plantation from the ground up for himself and his family. This...
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...From 1861 to 1865 the Civil War waged on in North America leaving the country divided between the North and the South. Abraham Lincoln feared the division would cause the country to remain separated. He came up with a plan to rebuild and reunite America, it was the plan of Reconstruction. There were two goals for Reconstruction. The main goal was to unify the country. The second goal was to better integrate blacks into society. From 165 to 1877 America went through this era of reunification and overall, the main goal of Reconstruction was successful, but the second goal was not. President Lincoln’s original plan for Reconstruction was the 10 percent plan; this required that 10 percent of the voters in each southern state swore their allegiance...
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...In the broad context, there was a large build-up to the Progressive Era, that truly began after the conclusion of the American Civil war, when the Reconstruction Era Began. The reconstruction Era was the U.S. essentially trying to build itself and find itself, thus leading to vast growth. Too much of a good thing is not such a good thing, however, and this lead to the Gilded Age. A Period of political machines, monopolies, harsh industrial conditions, and many other horrendous happenings. The goal of the Progressive Era was to fix these issues. (Contextualization) Progressive reforms were remarkably successful in achieving the improvement of society, primarily by implementing more tolerable working conditions and ending corruption in politics....
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...poverty and generally lacking quality of life, and had been immensely in need of reform. The Progressive Movement of 1870 to 1915 had set out to remedy the issues in American society as part of the Reconstruction, particularly in the political and work-related aspects. Specifically, the advocating Progressives had sought out to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment, to improve the government’s general responsiveness and attention to the needs and political requests of the public, and to establish various regulations which would ensure workers’ safety and qualities of life, due to vastly superior working conditions. While some of their ventures had clearly been more successful than had others, combined, the measures taken as part of the Progressive Movement had effected great change in American society, to the point where politics and working conditions alike had transformed from unstable and dangerous to well-supported and sustainable....
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...* 1. Some historians argue that Radical Reconstruction was not radical enough. After studying the events of the late 19th century, defend whether or not you agree with this position. What are the long-term implications? * * From what I have learned from this class already this week is that the Radical Reconstruction was not as radical as it should have been. If President Lincoln would have lived longer after the Civil War the Reconstruction of the south Might have been handled better due to the fact that Lincoln could have handed it better than those that succeed him. With the intent of the Radical Reconstruction being to change the culture and in essence make the southern culture more like that of the culture of the north. The constant bickering between the different branches of our government at that time did not make the reconstruction as successful as it could have been. If the government would have used the same force in the enforcement of their laws as was done during the Civil War. The Reconstruction if it would have been true radical could have affected the south in two different ways one being a second uprising from the south which could have separated the United States permanently. Or the other way it could have gone as a situation where the entire country was under martial law and military control. The country could have easily fell into two different countries with the amount of differences that were had between the north and south, although it if would...
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...The Civil War was the bloodiest war the Americans had ever experienced up to that period. After the four year long fight to preserve the union over six hundred thousand lives were lost. In an attempt to recover from the damage of the war the Unites States entered The Reconstruction Era. The Reconstruction Era was the period after the Civil War when Northern political leaders created plans for the governance of the South and a procedure for former Southern states to reenter the Union. As the United States recovered, the Reconstruction Era faded away and industrialization took hold in the healing nation. Industrialization brought about the Gilded Age, a time period of rapid economic growth and corrupt politics. People responded differently to...
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