Reconstruction (1865-1877) 2 main issues: Reconstruction failed to alter the South’s social structure or its distribution of wealth and power which disadvantaged African-Americans. Reconstruction left significant legacies‚ including the 14th and 15th amendments which would be used 100 years later to protect minority rights. 3 different kinds/plans: Executive Legislative Judicial Executive Reconstruction Lincoln 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (10% Plan) 10% of
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Megan Kight US History before 1877 Mid-Term 1. Henry the Navigator was the prince/king of Portugal. His mother convinces him to take over Portugal. He starts with Morocco. He decided to invest in the University. He studies sailing. People are now attracted to learn about sailing as well. He goes to Portugal‚ and makes his way down to Africa. He learns longitude. Two merchants go to Ethiopia to find Prestor John. They run across Muslim merchants that tell them they can get around Africa
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“Was social mobility accessible to all American residents from 1877-1890? Why or why not?” Achieving higher social levels seemed to be on everyone’s mind as they traveled west. Wealth perceived attainable to everyone through advertisements all over the world. Therefore‚ western life attracted optimistic people who hoped to make their fortune. However‚ American residents during 1877-1890 did not have access to social mobility because the west contrary to most belief was not a great
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In 1877‚ Thomas Edison invented the phonograph (The Phonograph). It took the ribbon as the first invention with the ability to not only record sound‚ but play it back. Not long after‚ phonographs could play cylinder-shaped records and progressed to playing
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freed slaves who remained in the South and wished to politically organize themselves. The creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to assist the emancipated slaves intended to serve as a sort of welfare agency. However‚ with the Compromise of 1877‚ these reforms were mostly eradicated and the ideals for equal rights among races wouldn’t return to the premise of American history for another century. After the publishing
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a variety of reasons between 1915 and 1918. World War 1 was a key factor leading to the genocide‚ yet there were others to be taken into consideration. There was a long-term factor of religion‚ and a short-term factor of the rise of a group by the name of the ‘Young Turks’. Lastly‚ there was the immediate factor of World War 1‚ which started in 1914‚ a year before the genocide. All of these reasons led to many Armenians in Turkey being deported and killed between 1915 and 1918. One of the biggest
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Made By: Brittney Keys Slavery during 1776 to 1877 Slavery used to be claimed as a big issue. There were a lot of unfair laws made toward the slaves. They could not ever do anything but work. People were always so rude to them no matter what. Slavery had the biggest impact on American History from 1776 to 1877. First I would like to talk about why I support that slavery had a big impact on history. Slaves did so much for southerners but the southerners never did anything for the slaves
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Compromise of 1877 The Compromise of 1877 showed the end of reconstruction. Reconstruction was a failure because the United States had failed to Economically get the south back up on its feet. Also It failed in because Harper Rutherford became president and new government approach was made. Appointing a new democrat to the cabinet was one of the deals of the Compromise of 1877. When the Compromise of 1877 happened Redeemers resumed political control of the south continuing to treat the blacks badly. And
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African American History‚ 1877-1919 National | Year | African American | James Garfield inaugurated as President‚ assassinated later in the year; Chester Arthur becomes President | 1881 | Tennessee introduces racial segregation on the railways‚ opening a pattern of legalised discrimination in public facilities that will spread through the Southern states. | | | July The black activist Booker T. Washington (18561915) opens the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to provide agricultural and industrial
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The biggest mistake in America between 1865 and 1929 in my opinion was the Comprise of 1877. This Comprise set the civil rights for African Americans back for years to come. If only they had worked a better deal for the future of the African Americans in the Southern states. America could be whole different country today. When you go back to see what the civil war was truly about‚ it was too free the African American slaves and to give them the freedoms and rights they deserved. These people
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