were considered much more conservative than the Klan and they were generally less violent. Its members were pledged to support the supremacy of the white race‚ to oppose the uniting of the races‚ to resist the social and political seizing of the carpetbaggers‚ and to restore white control of the government (Cantrell‚ 2005). The Knights of the White Camellia was organized in New Orleans in May 1867 by Col. Alcibiade DeBlanc and soon spread throughout the lower South‚ reaching as far west as Central
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worked behind the scenes for armies of the North. During Reconstruction‚ blacks exercised political power for the first time in the South. They were included as authors of new state constitutions‚ along with military governments‚ scalawags‚ and carpetbaggers. On January 1st 1863‚ the Emancipation came into effect. It was a proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln that declared freedom for all slaves in states still in rebellion against the federal government. This meant that more slaves could
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Pd. 4 APUSH DBQ Essay Prompt: In the quote above‚ Abraham Lincoln expressed his goals for the reconstruction of the country as the Civil War came to a close. Analyze how successful reconstruction programs and political actions were in achieving Lincoln’s goals. Abraham Lincoln‚ a man renowned for his involvement in the civil war and the reconstruction that followed the war’s lambasted segregation of brotherly blood‚ held an ideology regarding reconstruction that he wished to be upheld nationally
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what they wanted from the farms and homes of civilians in Georgia and burned them down when people fought back. Christie JacksonHIS101FA12-2 After the war the South went through a harsh period of rebuilding called the Reconstruction. Carpetbaggers are mentioned and shown several times
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Before his first inaugural address in 1860‚ seven more states seceded for the union . They were After the inaugural address‚ President was told that Fort Sumter was under siege. Abraham made a unilateral decision to prepare for with the south. He Ordered : 75‚000 troops ‚Suspended habeas corpus President Lincoln was a very capable war time leader. As always‚ he began to self-educate himself about war. He read military history. He learned about strategy and tactics. He read military history
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A.P. United States History Dr. Parsons 1/3/2012 DBQ 1996 Question: In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution? Doc A: South Carolina declaration of Causes of Secession‚ Dec. 24‚ 1860. Evidence: Interpretation of the 10th Amendment--…powers not prohibited to federal govt nor prohibited to states are reserved to the states‚ or people. Inference: Challenges Article 4‚ section 4 and Article 6‚ section 2; assumes
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Unit 4 Study Guide 1. 40 acres and a mule- were essentials promised to freed slaves after the civil war 2. Emancipation proclamation- freed slaves in the CSA‚ so did not affect slavery in the border states; allowed blacks to join Union Army 3. Sharecropping- is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land 4. Reconstruction Act of 1867- South would be divided into 5 military states; acceptance of the 14th
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state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by emancipation‚ then that state can be reintegrated into the Union. People in the North began to move down South to support the Union over there‚ such as northerns called carpetbaggers and southerns who were already there that supported Union known as scalawags‚ they organized to create constitutional conventions. They created new state constitutions to set new directions for southern states. Also educated blacks moved down
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questions). 2. Learn all that the book says about the Reconstruction Act of 1867. (2 or 3 questions). 3. Learn about the new Southern Constitutions that were adopted after the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 4. What does the term‚ “carpetbagger” mean? 5. What was the status of blacks in Southern state legislatures. 6. Learn about Reconstruction from the book. 7. What was sharecropping? 8. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau and what were its activities? (2 possible questions)
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through violent acts like attacking them and burning their homes. They were racists to African Americans in the south‚ and north also. Although the KKK is most known for their racist behavior towards African Americans‚ they also discriminate against carpetbaggers‚ scalawags‚ Jews‚ Catholics‚ Republicans‚ and homosexuals. Another failure of the Reconstruction was the raising of taxes in order to rebuild the south. The raising of taxes also led to more poverty‚ although not the only thing that led to poverty
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