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    victory which set millions of slaves free. The south was in ruins after they fought a defensive war and Reconstruction was introduced. With Lincoln in charge‚ many people looked forward to the future after the long Civil War. The first step was encouraging people to abandon the Confederacy and to come back into the union. This is where the complications started to be revealed. During the reconstruction period‚ the freedmen had big hopes now that they had their freedom. After president Lincoln was assassinated

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    The reconstruction Era was full of hardships and pain‚ but in the end was a very important period of time. The South was the most affected by the civil war and reconstruction because it was the side that wanted to split in the first place. After the civil war‚ the South had to agree to stop slavery before they could join back into the United States. Reconstruction was hard for African Americans because many white men didn’t treat them equal. The economy was a failure because many African Americans

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    Reconstruction: Fail or Succeed? Reconstruction failed due to Andrew Johnson‚ the Black Codes‚ and the Freedmen’s Bureau..Andrew Johnson’s‚ who was the father of the black codes‚ created policies and ideals that led to the black codes‚ KKK‚ sharecropping and the Compromise of 1877. Andrew Johnson supported white supremacy in the South and favored Southern political leaders who had aided the Confederacy once war had been declared. After the war‚ the Union needed to bring the South back into the

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    I think that Reconstruction was a success because of its effects later in history. Although it had many bad things come out of it at the beginning‚ in the long run‚ it greatly helped get African-Americans rights. It also opened the South’s economy up to more industrial businesses‚ to gain more finances. First of all‚ African-American rights were non-existent before Reconstruction. Negroes‚ a nicer term for African-Americans‚ were seen as lesser beings that didn’t deserve rights equal to Whites. But

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    the war‚ and as a whole the south’s struggle to recover after the Civil War is known as the “Reconstruction”. A large majority of this reconstruction was based on rebuilding infrastructure in the south that was damaged or destroyed by Union soldiers during the war. It is important to note that the Reconstruction had a variety of aspects: Social‚ Political‚ Economic‚ and Cultural in reform. The Reconstruction consisted

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    The period of Reconstruction began immediately after 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‚ "this law guaranteed that federal and state laws would apply equally and unequivocally to both African Americans and whites" (civil-war.ws)‚ and the fifteenth amendment‚ which granted freedmen to vote. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern

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    CASE ANALYSIS-ERIK PETERSON INTRODUCTION The case study is about the numerous issues being faced by Eric Peterson‚ the general manager of Green Mountain Cellular Telephone (GMCT‚ a cellular mobile system) in setting up a new cellular operation of the company on time. GMCT is already a month behind the target and the revised target-on-date has been decided as Apr 1(from Feb1) which is just 3 weeks away .In order to address this‚ Peterson is scheduled to meet Knight‚ the director of its parent

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    Story of the duel to end all duels In the story The Last Duel by Eric Jager‚ fourteenth century in medieval France‚ a knight by the name of Jean de Carrouges challenges a squire‚ Jacques Le Gris‚ to a duel. The reason for this trial by combat‚ a court-ordered duel intended by fate of God to determine the truth‚ was to seek vengeance for the sake of his own honor. The wife of Jean Carrouges was the "young‚ beautiful‚ good‚ sensible‚ and modest" Marguerite. She was expected to maintain a

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    1. Reconstruction a. The purposes of Reconstruction were to bring the country back together‚ and economy that was strong and social and political footing. The Congressional Plans for Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South. The president‚ whom at the time was Abraham Lincoln‚ was running it. The congressional reconstruction supported the “forfeited-rights theory” and wanted revenge against the south. The Presidential Reconstruction

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    The biggest challenge of The Reconstruction Era was creating laws that would work to create equality‚ but laws aren’t always the answer in creating equality especially between whites and blacks. Although the 13th amendment had occurred and slaves were freed and given a "helping hand" to start a new‚ free life‚ that amendment did not help all that much. Later on the blacks were given The Freedmen’s Bureau to get help in resources and finding new opportunities‚ the bureau did try to do as much as

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