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    Reconstruction Dbq

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    The Reconstruction Era was the years following the Civil War which lasted from 1865 through 1877. During this period‚ the Confederate states were allowed back into the Union and the South was in the process of being rebuilt after the devastation caused by the conflict. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were facing a new world. They were finally allowed rights they never had before: however‚ could the federal government have done more? However‚ they really couldn’t have. At the time‚ the federal

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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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    Cause Of Reconstruction

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    However‚ the situation for blacks in the South did not seem to improve‚ and many argue that Reconstruction‚ in the sense that it was reformation of the South‚ did not end until the 1960s or even that Reconstruction has not ended yet. The destitution of freedmen in the South stems largely from two causes and manifests itself most certainly in the act of sharecropping. As mentioned‚ one reason that free blacks remained on the bottom of the social ladder in the South was

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    Anthony Kerkula JrJoseph Myers HIS 120 October 2‚ 2014 Failure of Reconstruction Reconstruction was the period from 1865-1877 where the government of the United States tried to put the country together again after the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln lived briefly during this period (assassinated) and set the template for reconstruction. The Vice President Andrew Johnson who is described as lacking Lincoln’s moral sense and political judgment‚ became President and followed the template while

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    the future status of the four million newly freed slaves. After the death of President Lincoln and the failure of President Johnson‚ Congress‚ in 1867‚ took charge of the effort to “reconstruct” our divided nation. A large part of “Congressional Reconstruction” was an effort to establish and protect the citizenship rights of the freedmen. The former Confederacy was divided into five military districts‚ each governed by a Union general. The Southern states‚ in order to rid themselves of these “military

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    Goals Of Reconstruction

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    where Reconstruction went downhill. Although‚ this year celebrated a document symbolizing freedom‚ it is ironic how it also crushed the many hopes and dreams of black Americans living in the south. Reconstruction was the time period after the civil war dating from 1865 to 1877. The two main goals of Reconstruction was to rebuild the South’s economy and to end slavery. It was all going well with the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments; it was like a dream come true. Unfortunately‚ Reconstruction ended

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    Reconstruction in the South Reconstruction is the Federal Governments plan(s) to abolish slavery‚ change the way of life in the South‚ and to bring the nation back together after the devastating effects of the Civil War. Many Government plans were brought up but never fell through. Likewise‚ Presidents over the years‚ after the Civil War‚ had also brought their own Reconstruction plans to the nation. Several good things came from each plan but not one individual plan had drastically changed

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    Reconstruction The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 gave approximately 4 million slaves their freedom‚ but the rebuilding of the South during the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) made a new set of significant challenges known. Under President Andrew Johnson’s administration in 1865 and 1866‚ new legislatures in southern states passed definitive “black codes” that controlled the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans. The North was furious over these codes that support

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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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    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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