American Studies 356/History 356K Main Currents in American Culture Since 1865 Fall‚ 2010 Dr. Mark Smith TTh 2-3:30 Burdine 428 Burdine 134 Tues 10-11‚ Th 12:30-2 and by appt. 232-2150/471-7277/e-mail: mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu Teaching Assistant: Jeanette Vaught Office: Burdine 408 Hours: TTh 3:30-5 and by appt. At the end of the Civil War‚ American society became flooded with new technologies‚ ethnic groups‚ ideas‚ and customs. A society‚ which had bewildered earlier
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Advocacy is a role and purpose of reconstruction counseling. Ethics happen at the focus of the counseling method‚ it functions and performs solidly for the clients who inquire help in such an environment. For the counseling field to be ethical and continue professional recognition‚ multiple aspects must be reviewed and planned to advance all counselors and practitioners for functioning at the necessary level and reserving their jobs demand by the counseling profession. According to American
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Reconstruction Of America Reconstruction and the Myth of the lost cause has been misinterpreted and in some cases not even taught by most teachers. The reconstruction failures has affected race relations throughout the United States. According to Jennifer Schuessler from the article Taking Another Look At the Reconstruction Era‚ she defines reconstruction as the period of time from the year 1865 through 1877. Reconstruction is when most federal troops were taken from the South and white Democrats
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the Union. Furthermore‚ new economic and social policy was needed to accommodate freedmen. Reconstruction was a failed approach to reunite the Union because of weak policy and the inability of executives to develop a nonpartisan plan that would ease tension with the Southern states. The lack of multiple administration’s competence was evident while reconstruction was occurring. As the initial reconstruction efforts began‚ President Abraham Lincoln was presented with the Wade-Davis Bill‚ in 1864.
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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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Reconstruction was the time period after the Civil War when the United States was trying to rebuild. This took place 1865-1877. This was taking place in the newly freed South. The key issues the United States now faced were the fact that there were now all these former slaves who had no jobs‚ no place to live‚ no rights. There was now this mass amount of people who had no clue how to live life and even if they did know how they could not because they had no rights. Reconstruction was a success because
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victimization of the South. The first attempt and failure in the Reconstruction was the Ten Percent Plan. For the states to be reintegrated into the Union‚ ten percent of the states’ voters had to pledge allegiance to the United States and accept emancipation. Congressional Republicans fiercely rejected the plan believing it did not safeguard the Union and was much too lenient‚ and in response came up with the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill. This Bill required loyalty oath from the majority of the
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The Radical Republicans held a specific vision of how Reconstruction should be carried out in the aftermath of the Civil War. Their ideas included many key elements that they believed were necessary to fully address the issues that had led to the conflict and to ensure that the newly reconstructed nation could move forward to build a long thriving nation. One of the central elements of the Radical Republicans’ approach to Reconstruction was a commitment to ensuring that African Americans were granted
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Towards the end of the Civil War the south deeply was in need of reconstruction. Before the war even ended‚ President Lincoln has already started to plan for reconstruction. His plan offered general amnesty to white southerners that would accept the abolition of slavery and pledge an oath of loyalty to the government. Suffrage was also granted to African Americans who were educated‚ owned property‚ or had served in the Union Army. For the southern states to readmit to the Union‚ they had to have
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What If It Had Succeeded?”. In this case‚ Ms. Barmell expresses her opinion about why Reconstruction didn’t succeed in the U.S. Barmell addresses that many American schools were taught about the positive side of Reconstruction‚ how Abraham Lincoln ended slavery and the Union Army won the Civil War. However‚ not many individuals were taught about Black Codes‚ Jim Crow laws‚ Freedmen’s Bureau‚ and so on. The
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