The Reconstruction era of the United States was a time of relief for many. The civil war was finally over and slavery was abolished. Although the norths victory was very much a loss to the south. The thought of paying people for farm work or any kind of work at all was a devastating thought. This lead to radical groups such as the KKK which preyed on the lives of black people. This extreme group threaten the lives of many family’s that thought they were freed from the oppression. The reconstruction
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Part One. Reconstruction During the American Civil War‚ the Radical Republicans were a branch of the Republican party that believed in same political rights for blacks and whites and that Confederate leaders should be punished for their crimes. Their main goals were “voting rights for African American men as well as the redistribution of southern plantation lands to free slaves.” Thaddeus Stevens‚ a Radical Republican‚ said “We must “revolutionize Southern institutions‚ habits‚ and manners.”
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After the catastrophic Civil War‚ the Reconstruction era struggled to repair the shattered nation. In the beginning of the time period‚ Congress passed new amendments into the Constitution to integrate former slaves into America’s society. The 14th Amendment was one of these new additions to the Constitution‚ which gave equal rights to freedmen. The 15th Amendment allowed blacks to vote and express their views on politics. The Reconstruction Amendments aimed to give citizenship rights and the ability
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United States’ history. This time was known as the Reconstruction period and it was a very controversial time. There were many issues that had to be addressed such as what to do with the free blacks in the south and how states would be readmitted to the Union. This era saw the rise of the Radical Republicans. The government was going through changes‚ southerners were going through changes‚ and blacks were going through changes. Whites in the south were left without people to work their plantations
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Reconstruction was primarily to reunite the country and to construct a southern society not based on slavery. Since many dilemmas were left after the Civil War‚ the federal government tried to repair them.(Schultz‚2014‚275) Although the Reconstruction‚ era had quite the number of accomplishments‚ in my opinion‚ I strongly agree it was a grad failure. When Congress established the Freedman’s Bureau‚ it seems as if there was not enough to provide the necessities to grant full success to southern black
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The Reconstruction was a success in the terms of the abolishment of slavery; however‚ beyond 1877‚ the events that took place during the reconstruction did little to put the racial animosity at rest and did little for mending the hypocrisy of the nation. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865‚ but much of the events that took place during the Reconstruction took place to ensure that no freed slave would ever have to be put under those conditions again. The Radical Republicans fought
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Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ there was a period of time that lasted 12 years called Reconstruction (1866-1877). Reconstruction is the process of rebuilding something that is damaged or destroyed. Reconstruction helped other races‚ such as African Americans‚ become equal in a community of whites. During this period of time‚ there were multiple laws and amendments produced to help free enslaved African American. Some laws were against newly freed slaves‚ which denied the Africans things white
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Confederacy free. Later‚ in 1863‚ he makes every slave in designated parts of the South free. Lincoln writes those included and not included as‚ “ARKANSAS‚ TEXAS‚ LOUISIANA -- except the Parishes of St. Bernard‚ Plcquemines‚ Jefferson‚ St. John‚ St. C[???]s‚ St. James‚ Ascension Assumption‚ Terre [???]ne‚ Lafourche‚ St. Mary‚ St. Martin‚ and O[???]ns‚ including the City of New-Orleans -- MISSISSIPPI‚ ALABAMA FLORIDA‚ GEORGIA‚ SOUTH CAROLINA‚ NORTH CAROLINA and VIRGINIA -- except the forty-eight counties designated
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The Reconstruction Era began after the Civil War which ended in 1865. At this time Abraham Lincoln tried his best to restore the nation socially‚politically and economically. The nation was experiencing many changes which resulted in different failures and successes. The south had lost the war and ended up in bankruptcy. The war had left the south in ruins. The roads and farms were destroyed. Men lost their lives and struggled to fight for survival. The southern states had to be readmitted to the
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Reconstruction and Race Relations Reconstruction and Race Relations The time period during the Reconstruction Era saw a lot of change to the lives of every American‚ from white southern power struggles to post-Reconstruction political and social climate change. Newly freed slaves sought to start a new life freed from the bonds of slavery‚ while Southern White hierarchy tried everything that they could to keep them chained to the local laws. Former slaves tried to move to
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