How could America rebuild itself after the civil war? Post civil war‚ America was bruised and bloodied from the warring factions. Ultimately the Union won‚ but how would it incorporate the defeated South back into the Union? The best strategy that the Northern government could collectively pass was the Reconstruction Plan. The Reconstruction Plan focused on punishing the south by helping freedmen and establishing their (limited) rights‚ preventing confederate soldiers from voting‚ and having almost
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Civil War During the mid 1800s a horrendous conflict commenced in the United States caused by a friction about race‚ and slavery between the North and the confederacy. This disagreement managed to generate a Civil War. The military action stimulated a humongous slaughter on the Confederates stand. The confederates undertook a plethora of destruction during‚ along with after the war. When portraying the aftermath of being defeated the South is confronted with profound deprivation‚ lack of a social
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After the Civil war‚ there was a time called the Reconstruction Period. This was a time where both the North and the South resituated after the war. In the North‚ not much changed after the war. Though while their industry progressed‚ they had lost thousands of men during the war. Also‚ very little property in the North was damaged so returning soldiers could go back to their farms or jobs. On the other hand‚ the South had lost many of their men and their slaves. Though the slaves were filled with
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the South before the Civil War and the South after the Civil war. The old South and the new South had some similarities. One of the similarities was that the attitudes of many white southerners didn’t change regarding African-Americans and support for certain policies. Before the Civil War‚ many southerners supported slavery‚ nullification‚ states’ rights‚ and secession. After the Civil War‚ the southerners tried to elect many of the same representatives to Congress who served before the Civil War
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Assignment #1 6 January 2016 Rebuilding The South After the Civil War‚ problems like destruction‚ hunger‚ and violence occurred in the Southern parts of the United States. The United States was in a desperate state for improvements the economy and getting production back to the way they used to be. In 1965‚ the Senate passed the 13 amendment to free slaves‚ but this caused more problems. Former slaves‚ were unable to take care of themselves since they did not have any land‚ money‚ or education. During
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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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The Civil War: A country against itself Try to Imagine a Country dividing into two groups and fighting each other‚ sound fascinating‚ right? Well it happened to the United States in a war known as the Civil War when in 1861 seven southern states Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ South Carolina‚ Texas‚ and Georgia‚ all separated from the United states and formed the Confederacy of the United States to oppose the new promises that president Lincoln was going to give to the country. This event
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After the Civil War‚ the South had went down. It was so much social chaos and turmoil. The Civil War was full of efforts to reconstructing the South‚ but the question is was there even a New South. Economically there was a New South but when it came to relation and social hierarchy no there wasn’t a New South. During the 1870’s people in the South was still looked at like they were the only ones who wanted slavery. They wanted to develop a new image to the world and to activate economic improvement
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It is often assumed that the civil war was based solely on the existance of slavery in the south. This assumption is generally made by people who are not fully educated on the topic‚ and are unable to fully understand each of the different factors that led to the civil war. While slavery did play an important role in the disunion of the north and south‚ the war itself was caused by disunion and disunion alone (Schweitzer‚ Jeff). The largest factors leading to the war composed of state’s rights‚
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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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