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    “Why did they did it” This is why Eric and Dylan went on their killing spree. Dylan got upset because Eric had a different friend when Dylan was grounded for the actions he did at the school later on in the school year. When he was at home he didn’t have television‚ laptop‚ or phone. He would sit in his room and he would think about different things in his head like killing himself or other people. In the book it says‚” then he weighed the other option: He named a friend and said will you get

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    War is called Reconstruction. The goals of the Reconstruction were to abolish slavery‚ allow former slaves to be citizens and have rights‚ integrate blacks into society‚ destabilize the Southern government (Confederacy)‚ and reunited the country. Although the North won the war‚ the South did not win Reconstruction. Both Democrats and the Ku Klux Klan caused Reconstruction to slow down‚ especially in the South. Following the Civil War‚ Democrats tried to put a stop to Reconstruction. After the Thirteenth

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    Reconstruction was a missed opportunity regarding efforts to help ex-slaves that resulted in chaos‚ economic loss‚ and social isolation to the South. First‚ Reconstruction was a lost hope because instead of restoring law and order and reconciliation‚ the South became a land of chaos due to lawlessness. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)‚ a white-supremacist organization‚ brought terror to the south as members of the organization used violence as their weapon to bring about the collapse of the Reconstruction

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    To what extent was the era of Reconstruction a “false dawn” for African Americans in the Southern state of the United States of America? 1863 - 1877 During the era of construction‚ African Americans were led to believe that things were about to change for them. The emancipation proclamation introduced by Lincoln had been passed in 1863‚ which immediately entitled freedom to 50‚000 slaves. They were now free‚ no longer tied down by the restrictions of slavery‚ which meant things could be done to

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    Reconstruction and Race Relations Reconstruction and Race Relations The time period during the Reconstruction Era saw a lot of change to the lives of every American‚ from white southern power struggles to post-Reconstruction political and social climate change. Newly freed slaves sought to start a new life freed from the bonds of slavery‚ while Southern White hierarchy tried everything that they could to keep them chained to the local laws. Former slaves tried to move to

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    Success and Failures of Reconstruction: When the Civil War finally came to an end the South was in destruction. The infrastructure of the South had been copletely destroyed and ruined. Gen. Sherman’s march was truly devastating for the South and it’s agriculture. Not only was the South’s land in need but also its government was in debt. The South was truly in need for a "Reconstruction." Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War when we were in need to reunite our nation in peace

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    Preoccupied with the analysis of data on computer screens‚ Eric can detect various patterns hidden in the natural order of things‚ which makes his transaction successful enough for him. Ultimately‚ he becomes enveloped in the illusion that the world revolves around him. Eric’s excellent command of language for grasping network of power and control gives him exaggerated confidence that there is no world without him. Eric trusts computer analysis so much that he rides around in a limousine

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    Reconstruction refers to the period‚ between 1865 and 1877‚ of rebuilding the United States both physically and mentally. It witnessed America’s first experiment in interracial democracy‚ of which the south did not like. The Reconstruction period was based around many issues of which the most important was what to do with the now freed slaves. The issues of readmitting the states of the Confederacy and what to do with Confederate leaders were just a couple of the many other issues faced during Reconstruction

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    “Education during Reconstruction” In the south before‚ during‚ and after the reconstruction was a time for educational growth. Many states were just beginning to provide public education. The education system at the time was a shadow of the system that we know today during this era. The civil war brought the separation of races but also families. To distract from this the Radical Republicans stressed education during the reconstruction to avert the attention of the people from the war and

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    The reconstruction era was the period after the civil war when the United States was trying to repair the government. William Mason Grosvenor‚ an abolitionist and commander to a unit of African-American soldiers‚ wanted a radical and harsh reconstruction (Dudley 7). Herman Melville‚ a writer from the North‚ wanted a lenient reconstruction (Dudley 8). Therefore‚ he did not want the reconstruction to be spiteful (Dudley 9). The reconstruction should have been a peaceful way to restore the broken country

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