History 2301-SA01 – United States History to 1877 Instructor: 18 July 2011 Pre and Post Reconstruction Period – Politics‚ Economic and Social Effects This research paper is intended to explain in general terms some of the political‚ economics and social effects America dealt with during the Pre and Post Reconstruction Period. During the last years of the Civil War‚ as Union forces moved closer to victory and millions of former slaves became free‚ Americans began to think about
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August 10‚ 2010 In 1862 Thomas Alvin Edison hung a telegraphy line from Port Hudson Railroad station to Port Hudson village and worked in the telegraphy office as he was taught as a child by his father this trade. In 1876-1877 Thomas Edison invented the telephone “button” the carbon transmitter that started telephony’s commercial success . In the 1870’s Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both invented the telephone‚ even though they both went to the patent office
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white abolitionists shared common assumptions about the evil of slavery‚ the "virtue of moral reform"‚ and the certainty of human progress"(1). Schor‚ Garnet‚1877‚ & Lanngston‚ 1989). This shared understanding provided "the basic for the interracial solidarity" and cooperation so vital in the crusade against slavery"(2). (Schor and Garnet‚ 1877). But blacks also brought a distinct perspective to the antislavery movement. Their abolitionism was shaped profoundly by their personal experience and racial
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Lincoln staunchly defended him against critics and promoted him to command all Union forces. Grant accepted Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. However‚ Grant had no disposition for political leadership‚ and as president (1869-1877) he scarcely attempted to control events. He made injudicious appointments to public office‚ and official corruption tainted his administration‚ although Grant himself was not involved in the peculations. Grant was born in Point Pleasant‚ Ohio‚ on
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1. Corrupt Bargain In the 1824 presidential election‚ there were five Democratic – Republican candidates. Andrew Jackson won 43% of the popular vote and John Quincy Adams received 30%. Jackson won 99 electoral votes and Adams won 84. Even though Jackson had more votes‚ he did not receive the majority. Adams chose Henry Clay as secretary of State and Clay persuaded House of Representatives to vote for Adams. Andrew Jackson loses. Jackson wins next election‚ brought up Corrupt bargain. Saw as cheap
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Throughout the essay ideas and concepts from class are discussed‚ quotes from Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Second Edition by Leon Fink‚ along with quotes from the book Southern Crossing: A History of the American South‚ 1877 - 1906 by Edward L. Ayes‚ and other outside sources sited within the passage. As a series of “island communities” as mention in The Search for Order by Robert. H. Wiebe‚ communication was separated and individualized to the colony in which one lived
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inability to organize successfully‚ the power of the employer‚ and the negative public opinion of labor unions. The labor unions were founded with the goal of helping the wage earners gain power. The two labor unions‚ The Knights of Labor formed in 1877 and the AFL formed in 1886‚ sought worker rights‚ better wages‚ hours‚ and working conditions during this era. Although they never achieved the 8 hour workday they did manage to cut the average workday for industrial workers by 30 minutes from 1875
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In the election of 1868‚ General Ulysses S. Grant‚ the most popular northern hero to emerge from the Civil War‚ became president. Grant ran on the Republican ticket with the slogan‚ “Let us have peace” against the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. The Republican platform endorsed the Reconstruction policy of Congress‚ payment of the national debt with gold‚ and cautious defense of black suffrage. Unfortunately‚ the qualities that had made Grant a fine military leader did not serve him well as
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The period from 1789 to 1877 in American history saw the leadership of numerous presidents‚ each contributing in many ways to the shaping of the nation. However‚ among these presidents‚ James Buchanan stands out as the worst due to his failure to address the increasing sectional tensions that led to the Civil War. His poor leadership and inability to unite a divided nation further increased the country’s troubles. Buchanan’s presidency‚ which lasted from 1857 to 1861‚ is often criticized for its
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efforts to restructure the political‚ legal‚ and economic systems in the states that had seceded from the Union during the American Civil War. This period began when the Civil War ended in 1865 and continued for twelve years until its deterioration in 1877. A crucial period in the nation’s history‚ this reconstructive phase marked the first time the laws and Constitution were rewritten to guarantee African-Americans recognition as citizens and equality before the law. During the Reconstruction Era‚ people
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