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    Slaves- The role of the Reconstruction was very important to the former slaves that had been held in the South. Promises of freedoms were soon realized to be false hopes. The freedpeople of the South were large placed into situations where they were little more than slaves. They were still considered inferior‚ and faced persecution when they tried to exercise their rights. The Southern Whites- The economy of the South had largely existed on slave labor. Reconstruction saw slavery end in the South

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    victimization of the South. The first attempt and failure in the Reconstruction was the Ten Percent Plan. For the states to be reintegrated into the Union‚ ten percent of the states’ voters had to pledge allegiance to the United States and accept emancipation. Congressional Republicans fiercely rejected the plan believing it did not safeguard the Union and was much too lenient‚ and in response came up with the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill. This Bill required loyalty oath from the majority of the

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    There were three essential plans of reconstruction offered by President Lincoln‚ President Johnson‚ and Congress. In effect of the major Union victories in 1863‚ at the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg‚ President Abraham Lincoln began to develop his plan for reconstruction. Lincoln wanted to reassemble the North and South after the war ended. Lincolns game plan for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan. The Ten-Percent Plan stated that a state in the south could be reaccepted into the Union

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    likelihood to bring back slavery‚ and how legislatures repealed acts that lent themselves to such offensiveness. Blacks became equals as long as the military command could reach. His overall view seems to be that army force and desire for political power was the only reason for an incoherent proceeding. Dunning examines the Reconstruction time immediately following the Civil War‚ where blacks were not enslaved‚ but still suffered from segregation. It mainly focuses on blacks during the period fright after

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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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    The Reconstruction period has been one of the most challenging and controversial periods of the United States history‚ which led to substantial changes in social‚ economical‚ and political aspects of life of the US citizens. It has influenced every stratum of society‚ but African Americans were the group that was affected the most. There were many issues and concerns that African Americans were facing after the Civil War. Under slavery‚ most blacks lived separated from their relatives‚ so being

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    Derrick Murphy‚ et al. (Collins Educational‚ London‚ 2001) How important was the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) for the development of African-American civil rights? (pp315-317) The end of the Civil War should have been a major turning point in the history of African Americans. The North’s victory brought an end to slavery. In addition‚ the three Civil War Amendments - the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth and Fifteenth - seem to have guaranteed African Americans full civil and political

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    Accomplishments of the Reconstruction was they got the Union back together after the Civil War. Reconstruction was seen at the end to some people because blacks were still free. The abolishment of slavery was a succeed‚ but discrimination didn’t stop going against them and their concentration of wealth was still lower than the whites. Another success for the reconstruction was that public school’s systems from the southern states were improved. Evidently‚ all the features of the Reconstruction were a failure

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    Chi Huynh Vu The Reconstruction changed the lives of African-Americans In the progress to become one of the liberal nation of the world‚ the United States has gone through so many political alternations of its lifetime. All of the presidents have made lots of different plans to build up a strong independent country that provides its citizenship equality. One of the great movement was the Reconstruction (1863-1877). It was a toss-up that was neither a total success nor failure. The result tremendously

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    reconstruct the face of Pharaoh Tutankhamen‚ we will not only be able to see if the portrayal of him on his famous sarcophagus is correct‚ but we will also be able to imagine what people looked like in his time period and we can then give a relatively obscure ruler of Egypt a face. Explain the different techniques used in facial reconstructions. A bare skull is used as the basis of the reconstruction and from there‚ soft tissue is

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