When taxes are raised by Northern carpetbaggers after the war‚ she goes so far as to even work the land herself and tossing clay into the face of the previous overseer when he wanted to buy the land from her. Her pride keeps her and her sisters alive as she refuses to quit‚ saying “As God as
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first historian in 1900’s to look at the after civil war and reconstruction era. He came up with the idea that the South was a victim of the—Tragic Era—construction era. Dunning‘s vision depicts the slave holders as honorable men‚ while the “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags” as corrupts and opportunist who took advantage of the weakened South. Moreover‚ Dunning school legitimated segregation and black codes by claiming that the freed men were unable to self-govern themselves and blend into the society
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Unit 5 Diane Arias PI: Panic of 1857: broke out due to California gold inflating the currency and over-speculation in land and railroads. Two groups opposed the idea: Eastern industrialists feared that the free land would drain its supply of workers and the South feared that the West would fill up with free-soilers who would form anti-slavery states‚ unbalancing the Senate even more. The Tariff of 1857 lowered duties to about 20%. North blamed it for causing the panic‚ because they felt they needed
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Reconstruction: North and South What were the different approaches to Reconstruction? How did Congress try to reshape southern society? What was the role of African Americans in the postwar south? What were the main issues in national politics in the 1870s? The War’s Aftermath Important questions arose o Should the Confederate leaders be tried for treason? o How should new governments be formed? o How and at whose expense was the South’s economy to be rebuilt? o Should
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The antebellum period refers to the period of time after the War of 1812 and before the start of the Civil War. Throughout this period of time‚ the tension between the abolitionists and the supporters of slavery began to increase which eventually led to the gradual separation of North and the South. With the Industrial Revolution‚ the North’s economy centered upon manufacturing while the South’s economy relied on plantations due to the cotton boom. Cotton was immensely profitable in the South and
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Midterm Score 104 out of 200 points Time Elapsed 25 minutes out of 2 hours. Instructions Question 1 0 out of 2 points Which statement about the nature of the Islamic slave trade prior to European entry is true? Answer Selected Answer: The Islamic slave trade mainly captured adult males for agricultural labor. Correct Answer: The Islamic slave trade was not based primarily on race. Question 2 2 out of 2 points What is true about Native American relationships with African
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What is meant by………? What associations do you have with…..? 1. Nominee | -a politician who is running for public office | 2. NOMINATION | - the act of officially naming a candidate -the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election - an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election. | 3. Electoral college | | | - the body of electors who formally elect the United States president
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Citizens lost everything after the Civil War. Southerners were also prohibited from voting and holding office because of their treasonous actions of taking up arms against the United States. There were also the contributions of the invasion of carpetbaggers (Northerners who went down South to aid or profit from reconstruction)‚ freedman (former slaves)‚ and scalawags (Southerners who remained loyal to the Union). These were people who were voting at their polls‚ and holding office. The disenfranchised
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Humanizing Morally Reprehensible Characters: Finding Sympathy for Protagonists in “A Rose for Emily” and “The Country Husband” Typically‚ readers have a difficult time rooting for or even sympathizing with characters who engage in behavior which is considered deviant or morally wrong. Two writers who challenge readers to find fallible and immoral characters sympathetic are John Cheever and William Faulkner. In John Cheever’s‚ “The Country Husband”‚ the reader truly sympathizes for Francis Weed
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• Question 1 In May 1856‚ ________ slaughtered five unarmed‚ proslavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek in "bleeding Kansas." Answer Correct Answer: John Brown • Question 2 1 out of 1 points During the Lincoln-Douglas debates‚ Douglas argued that territories could circumvent the Dred Scott decision by not enacting the laws necessary for slavery. This was called the Answer Correct Answer: Freeport Doctrine. • Question 3 1 out of 1 points The Ostend
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