08.06 Reconstruction—Reconstruction Chart Type of Change Example of One Change Caused by the Civil War and Reconstruction Example of One Challenge to Change Political: relating to the government or how a country, state, or local area is run"Political As a result of the 1876 election, the Compromise of 1877 was created in order for the southerners to accept Republican Ruther B. Hayes as president. With no protection from the troops many African Americans had to yet again face harsh treatment from
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As you can easily sense from this debate, the Radical Republicans worked with Congress to develop the much needed and proper form of Reconstruction. They took into account the needs of all the people and what would prove the most beneficial to the country in the long run. The Congress desired to have the planter aristocracy eliminated, to have the lands of the south be properly and justly redistributed, and to boost the southern economy by promoting industrial advancements. President Lincoln’s 10
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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
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After the Civil War, the South entered an era of unbalanced happiness. Houses and business buildings that once stood now laid on the floor, either after having been burned or collapsed from the state they were in. About 2.5 billion dollars in human property had been lost.Railroads and Factories had been destroyed. Cities such as Atlanta and Columbia had been nearly burnt to the ground. Reconstruction was necessary indeed. Since newly
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The Reconstruction Era commenced shortly after the Civil War, to stabilize the southern states. Lincoln took charge of this reconstruction, alongside Congress, by first establishing The Freedmen's Bureau, an agency whose goal was to help the newly “freed men” by providing education food, housing, and medical aid. However, Lincoln’s assassination followed soon after, destroying any hope for an orderly reconstruction. Andrew Johnson was sworn into office, who did not believe in racial equality and
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The period following the Civil War was marked by slow change and failed reparations. Freedmen were kept in slave-like conditions, and denied land of their own. Reconstruction amendments laid the necessary groundwork so that freedmen could play a functioning role in society and government. David M. Oshinsky’s Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice provides insight into the conditions freedmen faced directly following emancipation. Some were offered jobs at the plantation
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We as a country have gone through many changes (Politically, Socially and etc.,) throughout our lifetime. Many great leaders have come and gone, all of them bring different objectives and plan for our future. As we move on, though, so does all of their “Radical Movements”. One such movement was reconstruction. Reconstruction was a period in our nations time some of us would like to forget. Can it really be said, though, that reconstruction was a complete failure? That all it did was make times hard
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Testimony taken by the select committee investigating the condition of affairs in former rebellious states provides invaluable insight into the American South during Reconstruction (1865–1877). Witnesses of myriad backgrounds testified and gave shocking statements about the crimes of the Ku Klux Klan, the failure of local and state governments to uphold rule of law, and the systemic flaws that resulted in the socioeconomic subjugation of African Americans. The statements given by Henry McNeal Turner
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To what extent was the early civil rights movement successful in bringing about social and political change for Black Americans between 1880 and 1945? Although the 13 amendment legally abolished slavery and was seen as a hope for a greater future for black people, the loopholes and racist attitudes shared by most whites in America meant a constraint on black civil rights. This essay will focus on the key factors which helped the civil rights and also factors which downgraded it such as the Supreme
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Emily Keepers History Final May 7, 2012 Final Paper The North and South differed greatly economically. The southern communities were still lagging behind, relying on slave labor to keep their plantations producing. They made their money through farming and plantation work. There were a few that held a majority of the money. These people were the elite plantation owners. Pierce Butler, for example, owned Butler Island and was one of the wealthiest plantation owners. The South also followed
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