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    The period of Reconstruction began immediately after the Civil War and ended in 1877. This era is known for the advancements made in favor of racial equality. These improvements included the fourteenth amendment‚ "this law guaranteed that federal and state laws would apply equally and unequivocally to both African Americans and whites" (civil-war.ws)‚ and the fifteenth amendment‚ which granted freedmen to vote. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern

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    Reconstruction means the-the rebuilt of something that was damaged or destroyed. During the Civil War‚ the United States was at a period where they were in the process of being reconstructed. In May of 1865‚ Andrew Johnson introduced his plans for reconstruction which reflected both Unionism and his belief in state rights. During his presidency‚ all the land was confiscated by the Union and distributed to the freed slaves by the army also known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. The reconstruction period

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    The three major phases of Reconstruction were Wartime Reconstruction which took place from 1861-1865‚ Presidential Reconstruction from 1865-1867‚ and Congressional or Radical Reconstruction which took place between 1867-1877. During these periods‚ the war was still underway and President Lincoln felt the need to build up the south with a resilient Republican party to bring an end to the animosity caused by war. He worked to insure that the state approved the Thirteenth Amendment and abolish slavery

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    I. Reconstruction: Option 2 “Reconstruction can be summed up this way…” During reconstruction a major shift took place in our government. With the passing of the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th Amendments the United States had become a nation pressing toward equality. With the newly granted freedom to learn how to read and write‚ marry‚ practice religion‚ and vote it seemed as if blacks were in store for a better life. However for freed blacks most aspects of life were still heavily influenced by white southerners

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    shall have a new birth of freedom.” -President Abraham Lincoln‚ Gettysburg Address‚ 1863. On 1861‚ the wager of the Union taking back her fellowship commenced. Eventually‚ after 4 years‚ 1865‚ the United States managed to remain united. With the Reconstruction Plan‚ states try to support each other rebuild their strength. With everyone continuing their alliance‚ everything was peaceful; it seems everything was back to what it was. Or was it? Did the plan‚ proposed

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    Erik Peterson Case Study (A)- Eric Peterson was General Manager of Green Mountain Cellular Telephone company a subsidiary of CelluComm’s. Eric joined company just after competing his MBA. Below listed details of diffent situations arises in front of Eric during last few months- >Erik was new in the telecom industry‚ having no prior experience in the same field and on joining he was asked report directly to Jeff Hardy Director-Budgets & Plans rather than President [Ric Jenkins] and to his

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    The personality assigned to me for the assignment is well known mr rattan tata ….Ratan Tata is an Indian businessman of the Tata Group‚ which is a Mumbai-based conglomerate. He was the chairman of the group from 1991-2012. He stepped down as the chairman on 28 December 2012 and now holds the position of Chairman Emeritus of the group which is an honorary and advisory position and is continuing as the chairman of the groups charitable trusts[2] Now lets have a look at the Early life of mr rattan

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    Chapters 35-47 is mostly telling how Eric and Dylan came up with the plan they came to call Judgement Day. The chapters were a detailed report of how they came to the plan and also how their lives were at home and out of school. They were very different from each other‚ but both came to the same conclusion in the end of their terror. Dylan was found to have been full of anger and hate. The investigators found proof of this when they searched the homes of the shooters. Dylan suffered from depression

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    Reconstruction and The New South Chapter 15 The aftermath of war and emancipation    Southern towns and fields ruined‚ many whites stripped of slaves and capital‚ currency worthless‚ and little property. More than 258‚000 confederate soldiers that died in the war constituted 20 percent of the white male population in the region. Mourning of the dead and the old south brought southerners to romanticize the “lost cause” and reinforce many whites to protect what remained of their ruined world

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    electoral tactic. Memories of the war and Reconstruction held the segregated the South together as a Democratic block—the "Solid South"—in national politics for another century. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s had its neoabolitionist roots in the failure of Reconstruction. Ghosts of the conflict still

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