The Civil War marked a critical time in American history which left behind deep wounds of a divided nation which took years of healing. Although we have come a long way, the infected idealology that existed then still manifest itself in the form of overt and covert racism. One major turning point during the period immediately after the war was termed Reconstruction. In 1865, many Confederate soldiers returned to a devastated South whose farms, factories, railroads, bridges, and entire infrastructure
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1.5.3 Test (TS): Post Civil War America! ! ! Test! U.S. History since the Civil War Sem 1 (S2561969)! ! ! SU14-Alex Sanford! Points possible: 60! ! ! ! ! ! Unit Six Big Question: What were the social and political consequences of the Civil War? What factors led to the expansion of the United States during the period after the Civil War, and what were the effects of expansion?! Section 1: Short Answer Questions (30 points)! Write multi-sentence responses for the prompts below. Be specific
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Reconstruction: A Success Only After the Fact Teresa Gil Reconstruction, the act of putting the country back together after the divisive and bloody Civil War, is the era from the end of the Civil War until 1877. Because so much was at stake and there were so many variations about how Reconstruction should be accomplished, this was a period of enormous conflict. In the South, the primary battle was between the Planters who dominated the South economically, politically, and socially, and
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The Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era was a rebuilding period in American history following the Civil War. After winning the war in 1865, the Union states began the exhausting process of reconstructing the United States, as well as each side's belief system. The two main goals of this era in American history was to ensure basic civil rights to former slaves, as well as reunite the North and the South to form one Union again. However, with each side having it's own agenda, accomplishing
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The Reconstruction Era As a country, America has gone though many political changes throughout its lifetime. Leaders have come and gone, and all of them have had their own objectives and plans for the future. As history has taken its course, though, almost all of these “revolutionary movements” have come to an end. One such movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a violent period that defined the defeated South’s status in the Union and the meaning of freedom for ex-slaves. Though, like
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graphic novel “Battle Lines”, written by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and Ari Kelman, portrays events of the Pre-Civil War, Civil War, and the Reconstruction time period. In chapter 14, the information provided is based on events during the Reconstruction era, such as the newly added amendments and the Colfax Courthouse massacre. The depiction of the illustrations within the graphic novel helps build a solid foundation for the historical content and helps the reader grasp what is being conveyed within them
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Before the inception of NAACP in 1909 black leadership was scarce; this, one believes, is the most significant reason as to why there was no sustained progress in the struggle for Civil Rights. Of course, there some progress was made, most notably during Reconstruction (1865-1877) wherein the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were passed by Congress, but all of this work was reversed by the subsequent Redemption period. There is much debate as to why Reconstruction failed; some believe that it was the
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Reconstruction and the West HIS/120 Reconstruction * The post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail? After the war ended as many as four million slaves were freed. The south had freed slaves and now had a war torn area that needed rebuilding and restructuring. For the next few decades the focus was on creating a railroad expansion and fixing the farm lands. New textile, iron, and steel industries came
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The Invisible Empire of the South At the time of Ulysses S Grants’ election to the presidency, white supremacists were conducting a reign of terror throughout the south in outright defiance of the Republican-led federal government. The most violent organization to rise, during this time, was the Ku Klux Klan, otherwise known as the KKK. Formed in Pulaski, Tennessee ; the Ku Klux Klan was originally a social club, but then grew violent as they felt violated by the federal government. The Ku Klux
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Radical republicans believed that black men and women should be treated as equal as white men and women. They believed that leaders of the confederacy should be punished for their roles in the Civil War. Some leaders apposed Andrew Johnson’s policies. There would soon be a great political war. “Reconstruction” refers to the efforts made in the U.S. to restructure the political, legal and economic systems in the states that had succeeded from the Union. The Civil War ended slavery but left many unanswered
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