RECONSTRUCTION: WHO WON THE PEACE? The North may have won the war‚ but they did a horrible job in trying to win the peace. The south had their new form of slavery‚ which was contained in the "Black Codes"; laws passed throughout the South that laid heavy restrictions on what‚ who‚ and where African-Americans could be. President Johnson saw that the only way to get the freedmen as subordinates again was to let the south back in he started signing pardons so fast that they had to assign an office
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Reconstruction of the South should have ended the moment it started. Reconstruction was the period after the civil war (1865-1877) in which the nation tried to rebuild itself. There was a great effort in trying to rebuild the nation and figure out what to do with the freedmen. There was also a problem with who would pay for the South’s reconstruction. The North wanted equality for the African-American slaves and the South lacked interest in equality. This was a major factor in the death of reconstruction
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After the Civil war‚ the Union was reestablished in racism. Reconstruction was the constitutional effort (13th‚ 14th‚ 15th amendment) of the north to force the south to treat the freed slaves as citizens. Reconstruction failed miserably. It is one of the least glorious parts of American history. Some nationalists like to think that there are no badly edifying chapters of America‚ and decide to forget about it. The civil war was one of the big three events along with the Revolution and World War Two
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Civil War. Although several major improvements were made‚ life for blacks in the South was far from perfect. This process of hoping to rebuild the war-torn South is known as the Reconstruction Era. There were many policies implemented during this time with the intentions of helping freed slaves. Initially Reconstruction looked good for blacks‚ as they were finally freed from slavery and the passing of the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendments were passed. These were aimed at helping to
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efforts to deal with obstacles like the high unemployment rate and the overload public debt. Of course‚ it is the president that is mainly responsible for leading the country out of the severe recession situation. Thus‚ who will win in the US congressional election may directly make big differences in shaping the direction of their own country for another four years and indirectly have influences on the rest of the world as well‚ including Vietnam. Looking back on our historical process‚ we will
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Was Reconstruction a failure? As the bloody Civil War drew to a close‚ the period of reconstruction began to take shape across the states. There were many questions aroused following the war regarding the physical re-building of the nation‚ demobilisation and most importantly what was to replace the pre-war norm of slavery? America’s position on the latter‚ was of course both vague‚ with differing opinions from the North to the South‚ these differences which should have been settled with the outcome
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Analysis of the Three Plans for Reconstruction The American Civil War‚ lasting from 1861-1865‚ was the most severe military conflict the country had seen; it involved the United States of America (the Union)‚ and eleven secessionist Southern states (the Confederate States of America). The war was the upshot of decades worth of political‚ social‚ and economic conflict between the agricultural South‚ which produced mainly cash crops such as cotton‚ tobacco‚ and sugarcane‚ and the industrial North
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Maddie Patton Reconstruction DBQ In the year of 1877‚ Reconstruction started and was a big success in resolving political‚ social‚ and economic problems. Furthermore‚ it restored the United States as a unified nation. The era was established to fix all the conflicts between the North and South. Additionally three more amendments were stated‚ the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th; declaring former slaves the right to vote‚ earning their citizenship‚ and making slavery illegal. Although the former black slaves
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Reconstruction was a time in American history where the South was brought back into the United States by way of the Military Reconstruction Act. This act was put into place to bring the South back in a forceful manner showing the power and strength of the United States. One of the conditions for a state to reenter the United States was that the 13th amendment had to be ratified‚ for a while this amendment was followed‚ until the military was pulled out of the South. The Military Reconstruction
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time period after the war ended up being a disappointment to many. Reconstruction was meant to bring the nation back together‚ and for the United States to refurbish the former slave‚ and rebellious population. While this goal may have been attainable with President Abraham Lincoln‚ his death signaled the beginning of a difficult time. His successor‚ Andrew Johnson‚ was in fact racist‚ and therefore did not support the Reconstruction goals of African American
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