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    Reconstruction and The New South Chapter 15 The aftermath of war and emancipation    Southern towns and fields ruined‚ many whites stripped of slaves and capital‚ currency worthless‚ and little property. More than 258‚000 confederate soldiers that died in the war constituted 20 percent of the white male population in the region. Mourning of the dead and the old south brought southerners to romanticize the “lost cause” and reinforce many whites to protect what remained of their ruined world

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    country on how the U.S would work. The Union came up victorious while the South was completely destroyed‚ crops were damaged and the social status for African Americans was being questioned. While war was over‚ many white Americans still didn’t accept African Americans new social role in the U.S. The pressure was heavy during this time‚ and there for the Reconstruction era is arguably the most important era in the U.S history. Looking at this topic I will discuss how this era had a big impact on African

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    Equality‚ Diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people. Importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access. Introduction It is very important that every child and young people to participation and equality of access. In this world every countries has different laws to implement these children rights. These rights are helping these children to get their education‚ food and everything they need. There are acts available

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    1865 and 1877 is known as the Reconstruction Era. During the civil war the southern economy was destroyed. Plantations‚ crops‚ houses and railroads were ruined. They were ruined because the slaves were forced to work. The north consists of factories while the south consists of farming. The North and the South wanted to be their own part of land because they didn’t agree with each other. The South was most responsible for the shape of the New South due to socialeconomic‚ political. The New South

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    We may have come a long way in regards to equality and social justice‚ however we have so much further to go. There are many Native Americans‚ African‚ American‚ and other minorities that are still left behind. Today there are people by the thousands‚ living as second class citizens‚ stripped of their natural born rights. The idea that we are all equal‚ is just an illusion. It is time that we Americans come together and strive for true equality and social justice. The future of Native Americans is

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    difference between caste and class societies is that in a class-based society there is social mobility. (a) What is meant by the term social mobility? [2] Social mobility refers to the upwards or downwards movement across the social hierarchy. (b) Describe two ways in which a person can achieve a higher social position. [4] If a person works hard and has strong willpower and willingness to move up the social ladder he/she will work very hard to achieve this and may end up getting a promotion

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    Champion Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion David Jubbs There are two models that link Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion and the first one is Social Model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society‚ their attitudes and their surrounding environment. The Social Model focuses on who the adult is as a person not what their disability or diagnosis is and the focus is on how to improve the individuals life and empower them to be more independent in what

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    In recent years there has been a surge of interest in social and economic rights and more generally in the intersection of abuses of these entitlements and forced displacement of people. Majorly ignored during the Cold War period and thereafter‚ today social and economic rights have acquired heightened significance in light of the persistence of systemic poverty in the worldwide economy often leading to violation of other civil and political rights‚ and consequent displacement of people both within

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    the slaves. However‚ slave owners in the south were very unhappy with the outcome of 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 Reconstruction was a success in the terms of the abolishment of slavery; however‚ beyond 1877‚ the events that took place during the reconstruction did little to put the racial animosity at rest and did little for mending the hypocrisy of the nation. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865‚ but much of the events that took place during the Reconstruction took place to ensure that no freed slave would ever have to be put under those conditions again. The Radical Republicans fought

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