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    Result of Reconstruction

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    The Outcomes of The Reconstruction for African Americans As much as being free from slavery was a time of joy for African Americans‚ being truly free from slavery was not to happen for many years to come. African Americans faced many social‚ political‚ and economic obstacles after Reconstruction. The years after Reconstruction continued to foster great tension between blacks and whites. This New South was new in name only because blacks were still not afforded the same rights as whites

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    Failure Of Reconstruction

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    The civil war brought a social welfare shift in societal opinions and policies as the Reconstruction era and the Freedmen’s Bureau emerged. Upon gaining freedom‚ former slaves faced troubling times getting work‚ housing and access to resources even as soldier’s due to their race. The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to deal with transient blacks and managing property that was confiscated or abandoned. The black codes practiced among southern states except for Tennessee limited black’s rights;

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    Internal Reconstruction

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    Meaning of Internal Reconstruction: When a company has been making losses for a number of years‚ the financial position does not present a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company. In such a company the assets are overvalued‚ the assets side of the balance sheet consists of fictitious assets‚ useless intangible assets and debit balance in the profit and loss account. Such a situation does not depict a true picture of financial statements and shows a higher net worth

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    Reconstruction Essay

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    The Reconstruction of 1865 had a lot of successes and failures. Many of the successes and failures are going to be expressed in this essay‚ as so After the civil war‚ just about everything was destroyed. Homes‚ Businesses‚ Railroads were all destroyed. The Reconstruction plan was to rebuild everything that was in ruins or demolished completely. Freedmen’s Bureau was a success created by President Lincoln that was passed on March 3rd 1865. It was an act of kindness that gave all ex slaves’ legal

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    Reconstructions Failure

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    proved false. Some people may believe that the main reason why the congress’ reconstruction efforts to ensure equal rights to the freedmen failed was because virtually no one in America thought blacks were equal to whites. Basically it was because people still have racial thoughts; slaves didn’t get to fully acquire the meaning and prerogatives of their rights; in other words they were uneducated. Also during the reconstruction multiple deals were made in order to make things go by in certain parties

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    granted black males the right to vote. • Reconstruction- plan to re-establish the south and re-admit them into the union o Lincoln- 10% plan o Johnson took away 10% plan o Amendments 13‚14‚ and15 • Black codes- way for the southerners to control the freed slaves o Freedman’s Bureau- congress plan for reconstruction • Protect the freed slaves‚ put south under martial law to enforce reconstruction and new amendments • Johnson vetoed it o Reconstruction acts- set up military to supervise former

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    Effects Of Reconstruction

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    Reconstruction Reconstruction started in 1865‚ its purpose‚ to rebuild and reunite the south after the war. The results of reconstruction is that it failed. People were not seeing results fast enough‚ and thought that going back to how it was before would bring back the stability. The people who are majorly affected by reconstruction were the blacks. They were looked down upon as less than‚ this cause them to be excluded from new industries. Jim Crow laws‚ the laws separating the blacks from the

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    Reconstruction and the West Reconstruction and the West The post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail? The south’s reconstruction failed for many reasons in my opinion. First off many states rejected the 13th Amendment. Furthermore‚ many of the southern states had no intentions of giving Blacks any type of true freedoms. Many states tried to make the African Americans as property-less as possible. They were

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    Failures of the First and Second Reconstructions Some people say we’ve got a lot of malice some say its a lot of nerve. But‚ I say we won’t quit moving until we get what we deserve. We have been bucked and we have been conned. We have been treated bad‚ talked about as just bones. But just as it takes two eyes to eyes make a pair. Brother we won’t quit until we get our share. Say it loud- I’m Black and I’m Proud. James Brown The First and Second Reconstructions held out the great promise of

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    Reconstruction Era

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    United States struggled through many issues during a period called The Reconstruction. With problems that came after the Civil war like segregation and unresolved problems with the seceded states. The Reconstruction era brought about repair from the slavery abolishment. The Civil War also caused great deal of pain throughout the states themselves having brought a big deal of hatred towards the North and the South because of their different opinions on views of people. They refused to‚ “work together

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