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    for us in times of need. The picture in Document B shows‚ “George Washington presenting the Congressional Committee to soldiers at Valley Forge”‚ this showed me that George Washington knows what he’s doing and knows how to treat his men. Having the Congressional Committee stop by and retrieve supplies for the retreat gave everyone hope that the people do care for our health. If the people from the Congressional Committee are loyal to us then it just seems right to be loyal for them.

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    Race and Politics of the Reconstruction Era The many troubling aspects regarding slavery and racism can arguably be described as the most controversial issues that American politics has ever had to face. Dating back to the very first settlers‚ our nation has always been at odds with how to tackle this highly disputed matter. Although slavery played a very contested role in forming the United States‚ it wasn’t until the late 1850’s that these issues came to an absolute breaking point. With new legislation

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    Why did Reconstruction fail? Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America‚ shortly after the Civil War‚ in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities‚ especially of slavery and many other economic‚ social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America‚ and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems‚ but this only led

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    In The New View of Reconstruction‚ Eric Foner says that even though Reconstruction failed to meet the goals of Radical Republicans‚ painlessly rebuild the South‚ and give the freed blacks complete rights and opportunities‚ Reconstruction did give African Americans some new chances and a brief taste of a free society. Political‚ social‚ and economic progress was made by blacks through the 14th and 15th amendments. Good things came out of the chaotic period of Reconstruction. The South actually was

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    Reconstruction was a success because of what it did to get to where America is now. Without reconstruction‚ the USA could still be partially divided and there would still be Confederate beliefs‚ there are still some of that today but it’s completely unnormalized and looked down on. Important parts of Reconstruction the Union did to get where we are today are the amendments‚ our economic steps‚ and how they progressed America’s education system. Although Reconstruction was a success there were a few

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    The reconstruction era was an era of rebuilding after the civil war. The united states handled the success of the reconstruction era in a variety of ways from well (political) to poorly (social) The social equality for freed slaves was a major point in the reconstruction. The political freedom of the former slaves was one of the best handled points of the reconstruction. When the thirteenth amendment was passed it stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist in the United

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    Presidential Scholarship Essay I‚ like most teenagers‚ have wasted my time in several interesting and sometimes fruitful ways. For example‚ I have chopped water bottles in half‚ made smoke bombs‚ played interesting games‚ looked at the stars for far too long‚ and just randomly drove around. However‚ one way I have previously wasted time was especially interesting and worthwhile. These days‚ many retail stores are closing as a result of online shopping. In early 2016‚ my dad and I noticed Sports

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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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    everyone to be on her side and encourage them to stand with her. This speech was written 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron Ohio. This speech was very powerful to rebuke many antifeminists. The second essay I read Abraham Lincoln’s Presidential Acceptance speech. This speech was very important because it gave America great hope for the future because he wanted to abolish slavery. He said this speech in front of all of America

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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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