Prompt: What were the long-term economic‚ social‚ and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts‚ segregation‚ and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at‚ they settled with their former ‘masters’. African Americans were technically free‚ but no one wanted to hire a colored
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President Lincoln proposed a plan in this Reconstruction time‚ this plan was the 10% plan. This meant that about 10% of those who voted would have to pledge to the Union their loyalty. Of course this plan was not much of a success and the radicals (Republicans) did not like this. Soon after there was a bill created by congress that was called the Wade Davis Bill. This bill made many (majority) of the southern states take an oath that would have them say they never had any support towards the confederacy
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The most important chapter in this reading is when Foner talks about how freedom means different things to different people. Foner explains the two different types that people think about freedom. The first way people think of freedom is by protecting indivuals from authority. The second is to make choices freely without anyone concerned about you. This part was important because no one was use to this concept so it took time to get this in their head. As these different kinds of freedom were put
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voting phenomenon‚ as Mr. Frank sees it‚ of those in America’s heartland voting for the Republican Party when it is not in their best interests to do so. He gives a variety of examples all dealing with the lack of correlation between the working class majority that is in the Midwest and the legislative and governmental effects of the Republican Party. He states that through the cultural backlash movement‚ the Republican Party has managed to garner strong support from the working class while not actually
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The Radical Republicans were a minority group of Republican congressmen whose Ideas differ from those of the Moderate Republicans and Conservative Republicans. Their political faction lasted from around 1854 to 1877. During the Civil War Radical Republicans‚ favored the enlistment of black troops and call for the emancipation of slavery. They opposed and criticized President Abraham Lincoln a Moderate Republican for not moving fast enough to abolish slavery and for his selection of military commanders
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Democrats vs. Republicans In today’s society‚ we believe that the two main political parties of America‚ the Democratic Party and the Republican Party‚ are completely different. We say that democrats are liberal and the republican are conservative – two adjectives that are complete opposites. When we actually step back and look‚ and the two parties and their actual positions we realize and learn that the two parties are actually very similar. Many of their positions are the same but they have
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Radicalism from 1812-22 was a serious threat to Lord Liverpool’s government. However‚ due to draconian legislation and fiscal policies Liverpool was able to counter and contain the radical threat that proved to be a constant thorn in the side of a government fresh out of one of the biggest wars Europe had ever seen. The economy in the years directly after the war was weak and on the verge of collapse – there were 400‚000 unemployed soldiers returning from Europe and no-one knew what to do with
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and Republicans. These happen to be the main 2 parties Represented in the presidential election And no other 3rd party has ever been elected. Some major states Democrats are associated with are Massachusetts ‚ and California . For republican representatives ‚ the major states are ‚ Oklahoma ‚ Kansas‚ and Texas . The common symbol that represents each party is ‚ the donkey for the democrats‚ and the elephant for the republicans. The color for democrats is blue ‚ and the color for republicans Is red
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America’s two-party system is as old as the country itself‚ but the first two political parties weren’t called democrats and republicans‚ they were the federalists and the anti-federalists. The term democrats and republicans went official in 1792. The two parties are split on their very different views in various subjects. These subjects are tax policies‚ social issues‚ labor and free trade‚ health care‚ and crime and capital punishment. One important subject that the two parties are split
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Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Though Democrats generally adopt more liberal platforms‚ Republicans have a tendency to foster more conservative ones; In spite of this superficial difference‚ there are many similarities that enable Democrats and Republicans to reconcile. To overcome their differences‚ it is imperative for Democrats and Republicans to understand the similarities and contrasts that exist between them. There are numerous facets in which Democrats and Republicans can be compared;
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