INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR Industrialization led to urbanization in most of the major city centers which led to bigger business. This change in enterprise is what changed/influenced the politics of not only the cities themselves‚ but the country as a whole. During the industrialization that followed the end of the civil war‚ there were many opportunities for American’s. Not all American’s would benefit from such advances though. The rise of big business game way for many groundbreaking
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Before and After the Civil War The three different but similar events all had something in common for people’s equality. The 1st event that happened was the Sojourner Truth speech in 1815‚ at the Women’s Convention in Akron‚ Ohio and it was focused on women’s equality. The second event that occurred was the Civil War that went on from 1861 to 1865‚ and the reason behind the Civil War was to put an end to slavery‚ so slaves can have equality. The Final event that happens during the Civil war was the
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Winning the war was the easy part. Next the Union had to accomplish the daunting task of reconstruction. It had to reconcile with the hostile South‚ who had just attempted to secede from the Union. The slaves who expected freedom in exchange for their efforts in the Civil War‚ and the North‚ who were still basking in their momentous victory in the Civil War. The road to reconstruction would be paved with its share of issues‚ whether it be the paradox of sharecropping‚ which was doing little to nothing
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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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slavery. Arguably the most successful and influential among the Radical Republicans was Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. Stevens despised the institution of slavery and fought for its dissolution in the decades prior to‚ during 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
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The Great Divide The issue of slavery was discussed in many ways. People talked about the morality of the institution (or lack thereof)‚ the economics of slavery‚ and the political issues that came about because of it. No matter how it was discussed‚ the North and South could not agree. Northerners thought Southerners were corrupting the soul of America‚ and Southerners thought Northerners were hypocrites. No matter which way they looked at slavery‚ the North and South had two antithetical
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For several years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation negative attitudes towards African Americans carried on in the deep south. This made it very hard for African Americans to make a living after years of harsh slavery. Even going down to a local diner was nearly impossible without being harassed of attacked. The same is true for the next three events. The Bombing of Birmingham Church‚ The Integration of Central High school‚ and The Selma Marches. These three events will show the
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In 1863 the new birth of freedom or what we thought of as freedom came about. It was around this time that the Civil war had broke out because of the uncompromising differences between the states that were free and those that still had slaves‚ over whether or not the government should prohibit slavery. Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation which instituted a level of freedom for those who were enslaved. Although that seemed like an amazing and progessive part in America‚ what it actually meant
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ALLUSION PROJECT Civil War Part 1 A nation in four decades had been multiplied several times its territory‚ purchase of Louisiana to France‚ Florida to Spain‚ the annexation of Texas and the subsequent war with Mexico (1846-1848) ambient. The political states of north and south had been mounded by the interest of the second in their plantations and the conservation of slavery‚ while the firs inclined towards trade; shipping and financial interests on one side were the debtor farmers‚ and other
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Civil War Reconstruction Essay The “winner” of Reconstruction was the North mainly due to the fact that the South took most of the damage from the Civil War. The Civil War brought destruction to the South‚ its economy suffered from all the costs‚ the land suffered from all the battles‚ the people suffered due to Sherman‚ and African Americans were fighting a tough battle with the North on their side and the South against them. The South had much more Reconstruction to do than the North‚ so in the
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