The reconstruction era was an era of rebuilding after the civil war. The united states handled the success of the reconstruction era in a variety of ways from well (political) to poorly (social) The social equality for freed slaves was a major point in the reconstruction. The political freedom of the former slaves was one of the best handled points of the reconstruction. When the thirteenth amendment was passed it stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist in the United
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In the late 1700s‚ there was a surplus of arguments supporting or fighting against ratifying the Constitution. Ratification of the Constitution is not what’s best for U.S citizens because although the Bill of Rights was proved to be successful‚ the insecurity of rights amongst the people‚ as well as the massive amount of influence that the people of power had; this will not lead to a successful nation. Documents three points out many major holes in the ratification of the Constitution such as insecurity
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Having the children work as most of the labor force is the catastrophic idea because children were paid a lot less than most adults (Doc A)‚ children were being beat (Doc B)‚ and the children worked harder than most adults can handle (Doc C). Having the children work as most of the labor force is the catastrophic idea because children were paid a lot less than most adults (Doc A). “The child is paid one shilling or one shilling and sixpence‚ and they will take that (five year old) child before they
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Often‚ achievements of older civilizations are lost in the shadows of their successors. Such is the case with the early civilizations and people of Africa. Before Europe stepped in‚ they were a quite advanced‚ flourishing continent by themselves. They had their own trade routes and systems‚ enormous wealth‚ as well as a great lack of corruption alongside an abundance of generosity‚ and were also advanced in the way of knowledge‚ even valuing it above other resources. Africa had quite advanced trade
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Hammurabi’s Code was a code of laws produced in Mesopotamia under Hammurabi’s rule circa 1754 BCE. During this time period there was a lot of violence and slave labor. By implementing these laws he hoped to achieve peace and establish order in his kingdom. Hammurabi’s Code established an unfair law code because it further encouraged inequality among social classes‚ authorized unwarranted punishments for accused criminals‚ and it supported patriarchal laws favoring men over women. The law code was
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In 1924 the congress passed a new Immigration Act effectively ending all Japanese immigration to the U.S.‚ but this did not violate the right of the Japanese Americans in World War II. (Doc A) Document A‚ C‚ D‚ E‚ and F all support on why the U.S. government did not violate their rights. There were several causes of the internment but the main cause of the internment was that the “Japanese naval and air forces attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ bringing the U.S. into World
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farmers gave up when the grain price decreased with the massive importation of grain from Sicily and North Africa. When they gave up they moved to cities and joined the work force there. Then‚ a change in society started to happen. The number of people in the countryside was reduced because they wanted to escape war or would rather settle in the cities than in the countryside after war. As a result‚ Rome became overpopulated. Another change that happened because of the Punic Wars was the Senate gained
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Thesis: In the middle of the fourteenth century in Europe‚ an airborne‚ highly contagious disease or plague struck‚ which killed about third of Europe. Due to severe illnesses across the continent‚ many people began to flee from Europe‚ especially the nobles and the clergymen. Fear of the plague predominately grew from uncertainty of the origin of the plague and how to cure it. 6 Documents: • Document 1 – talks about how people are leaving to avoid disease‚ just like the nobles and church people
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The term revolutionary means something that has or had a significant effect or sudden impact on the society and human behaviour. After and during the revolutionary war if a citizen was rich‚ white and a man he would have benefited from the revolutionary war‚ such as being able to enlist in the army willingly. However‚ if a citizen did not fall into that category they would have gained very little from the war. Contrary to G. Wood’s idea in the Radicalism of the American Revolution that patriots carried
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There are numerous long term and short term events that caused the Civil War to occur. From the long term impacts of slavery and the Missouri Compromise to the short term effects of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Bleeding Kansas‚ the Civil War was caused mainly by one significant step. Although Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Dred Scott had an impact on the civil war‚ it was not as significant as the election of 1860. The election was the most important event because it lead to the secession of South Carolina and also
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