The Reconstruction Era was the years following the Civil War which lasted from 1865 through 1877. During this period‚ the Confederate states were allowed back into the Union and the South was in the process of being rebuilt after the devastation caused by the conflict. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were facing a new world. They were finally allowed rights they never had before: however‚ could the federal government have done more? However‚ they really couldn’t have. At the time‚ the federal
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1.) American society wasn’t that democratic during the colonial days. Although it was much more democratic than England‚ it still wasn’t quite there yet. The constitution wasn’t signed and agreed upon until 1787‚ and before the turn of the 18th century‚ the colonies were a big mess. Most cities had an oligarchy‚ meaning a religious leader was in charge‚ making everyone abide by their rules‚ although it was often less religious and more on the tyrannical side. There wasn’t much separation of church
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The years 1865 to 1877 mark a period of reconstruction in which the country’s main focus was to heal the nation and bring the Confederate states back into the Union. Reconstruction took place in two distinct phases: presidential reconstruction‚ which was extremely lenient‚ and Congressional reconstruction‚ which was less forgiving‚ but more transformative. Presidential reconstruction had very limited success because President Andrew Johnson was swayed by Southern praise and became something of an
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Do you ever wonder who killed Reconstruction? Well many believe the North killed Reconstruction for a variety of reasons‚ but the three main reasons are the North’s racism‚ fatigue‚ and distractions. Some positives about Reconstruction were the Freedman’s Bureau‚ This gave the African Americans support like food‚ education‚ jobs‚ and legal help. Also there was the Civil Rights Act this gave the blacks and whites the same type of rights. But there was also some negatives around this time like Sharecropping
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apart over one major issue: slavery. With the end of the Civil War came the end of slavery in the United States. Although the former black slaves were now free‚ they had no land and very few rights‚ and most did not even have family. Though out reconstruction‚ blacks were able to gain rights‚ but were continuously repressed by the white Southerners. The only way to truly enfranchise the former slaves was by effectively disenfranchising their former masters. The reign the masters had over their former
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Anthony Edwards 8/24/12 AP US History - Jones Colonial America DBQ An interesting characteristic of the colonies that the English founded during the 17th and 18th centuries on the eastern coast of modern day America is that while all were indeed settled by people from England they each developed their own very distinct cultures and ways of life. While the varying environments from each colony to the next certainly isn’t a negligible factor in the diversification of
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AP® United States History 2010 Free-Response Questions The College Board The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the College Board is composed of more than 5‚700 schools‚ colleges‚ universities and other educational organizations. Each year‚ the College Board serves seven million students and their parents‚ 23‚000 high schools‚ and 3‚800 colleges through major programs and services in
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DBQ – Reconstruction In the time period from 1860 to 1877 many major changes occurred in the United States that made it more similar to how we know it today. During this time the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments were acquired. In addition‚ many welfare and federal government programs began‚ however some of the social developments were less effective. Between 1860 and 1877 constitutional developments‚ to an extreme extent‚ and social developments‚ to a lesser extent‚ amounted to a revolution. During
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2004 DBQ The French and Indian War altered the political‚ ideological‚ and economic relations between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. It changed things such as cultural groups inhabiting the American colonies and the way the colonies were taxed. Document one clearly shows the difference in the changes of cultural groups‚ before the war mostly French and English with Spanish in the far south inhabited the east of North America which was affected. After the war there were no longer
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APUSH DBQ 6 All throughout the 1800’s‚ slavery was a very controversial topic. During the 1860 election‚ Abraham Lincoln was asked about his views on slavery. He simply stated that he would do anything with slavery to preserve the union. A few months later‚ Lincoln issued the Emancipation and this went slightly against what he had said earlier. Once this was issued‚ the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery became the main goal in the war. I believe that Lincoln’s main goal
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