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    After the victory of the union after the Civil War‚ many things had changed. The fact that the War was over was good news but it left the United States with a new set of problems that were no less challenging than the Civil War itself. The four most important challenges were how the south would rebuild its shattered society and economy after the damage inflicted by the four years of war?‚ What would be the place in that society of 4 million freed blacks and to what extent was the federal government

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    Reconstruction Reconstruction was a period of time between 1865 and 1877‚ which was very complex and controversial. It refers to the actual rebuilding of the south physically‚ economically and politically from the damage of the Civil War. It was an effort to rebuild southern states and also to restore the Union. During this time period‚ the federal government passed a series of laws‚ acts and amendments to bring change. Many of these amendments guaranteed the equal rights to African-Americans

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    After much trial and tribulation that our exasperated country has faced‚ we all still gather here today in order to follow a long tradition of George Washington‚ a founding father and cherished president who gave and set precedent to all the new leaders who soon will follow the same path of presidency. A path followed by great accomplishments of the Grant administration‚ has helped to set a rolling future for the United States and now we will improve upon the Grant administration using it as a stepping

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    Schneidman Social Studies October 4‚ 2012 Who killed reconstruction and why? After the Civil War‚ blacks were freed. They started to learn to read and write. They got voting rights and citizenship. They took roles in politics and got jobs. But‚ Reconstruction ended because of two main causes. Northern neglect and Southern resistance. The Northerners were no longer interested in dealing with the South and their problems. Ten years after the civil war and the people could not forgive or forget. They

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    After the Civil war America went through a period of Reconstruction in order to rebuild and unify the nation. During this time both the North and South were looking for ways to redefine freedom especially for the newly freed slaves. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated so unexpectedly that no one really knew what he had planned or wanted to do in order to reconstruct the country. Looking back reconstruction was unfinished and created many problems for the nation. President Johnson believed that there

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    After the American Civil War in 1865 the United States entered a period called the Era of Reconstruction. The Civil War left the South in shambles‚ economically‚ infrastructurally‚ and socially. Therefore‚ the responsibility of repairing the South fell on the United States government. The physical damage of the war was the first to be addressed. The government was not only repairing physical damage‚ but economic damage‚ too. The Civil War destroyed the South’s economy‚ with many plantations and farms

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    After the Civil War the leaders of our fragmented nation were forced to face a daunting task. Government officials who did not have any constitutional guidelines on readmission had to pick of the pieces of a divided country and develop a plan that would bring states back into the Union. Furthermore‚ new economic and social policy was needed to accommodate freedmen. Reconstruction was a failed approach to reunite the Union because of weak policy and the inability of executives to develop a nonpartisan

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    and after the Civil War. Stevens fought for emancipation‚ black suffrage‚ property rights‚ and racial justice. Following the assassination of President Lincoln‚ the Radicals initially welcomed President Andrew Johnson. However‚ Johnson made it clear he had no intention of pushing for the rights of freed blacks‚ and would instead minimalize Reconstruction in the South. As a measure to diminish executive power over Reconstruction‚ the Radicals would form the Joint Committee on Reconstruction‚ allowing

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    The period of Reconstruction began during 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 (citizenship and equal protection under the law to blacks) and the fifteenth amendment (voting rights for blacks) of the Constitution. Yet‚ with the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern governments and the Democratic Party took over. This shift in power was

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    The period after the Civil war has always been referred to as the reconstruction era. The reconstruction era can be defined from two perspectives. First‚ it covers the story of the United States between the periods of 1865 to 1877. The second part revolved around the transformation of the United States in 1863 to 1877 through the directive of the congress. An era was full of so much pain and endless questions. It is argued in different quarters that although the war was over reconstruction was still

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