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    There were three essential plans of reconstruction offered by President Lincoln‚ President Johnson‚ and Congress. In effect of the major Union victories in 1863‚ at the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg‚ President Abraham Lincoln began to develop his plan for reconstruction. Lincoln wanted to reassemble the North and South after the war ended. Lincolns game plan for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan. The Ten-Percent Plan stated that a state in the south could be reaccepted into the Union

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    South Africa‚ alone of all the British colonies did not follow the political course of embracing democracy and freedom. Even though the geographic area called South Africa had a large British presence‚ the country was required to follow legislation given in the agreement of the surrender in 1806 from the Dutch. Those terms meant that the country was allowed to diverge from English law and replace it with South African law. The country at that time was not plagued with inequality‚ layers of a class

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    Was Reconstruction a failure? As the bloody Civil War drew to a close‚ the period of reconstruction began to take shape across the states. There were many questions aroused following the war regarding the physical re-building of the nation‚ demobilisation and most importantly what was to replace the pre-war norm of slavery? America’s position on the latter‚ was of course both vague‚ with differing opinions from the North to the South‚ these differences which should have been settled with the outcome

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    the benevolence of Northern lawmakers and charitable acts from liberal whites from Northern states heading south to assist them in this massive undertaking. The results of these efforts are mixed and in the end had no lasting impact‚ but the period of Reconstruction showed promise‚ but in the end failed due to a lack of political will and interest in the plight of the former slave in the South. It was understood by all that the passage of the 13th Amendment was an inevitable outcome of the Civil

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    The “Reconstruction Era” Is the timeframe in United States history from 1865–1877 that was proceeded by the 1861-1864 Civil War. (* Note: many prominent scholars/historians in the last few decades now believe Reconstruction efforts most likely began during the war approx. 1863.) By the end of the Civil war‚ The Northern Union’s Annihilative Stratagems had eradicated southern crop and plantations‚ and decimated entire cities. The South was engulfed in political Pandemonium‚ social turmoil

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    black Americans faced many challenges following the Civil War. Although several major improvements were made‚ life for blacks in the South was far from perfect. This process of hoping to rebuild the war-torn South is known as the Reconstruction Era. There were many policies implemented during this time with the intentions of helping freed slaves. Initially Reconstruction looked good for blacks‚ as they were finally freed from slavery and the passing of the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendments

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    Pre-trip Background Research 1. History and heritage ** A nation’s dream of unity and common purpose now capable of realization 1.1 The earliest people - The earliest representatives of South Africa’s diversity – at least the earliest we can name – were the San and Khoekhoe peoples - Both were resident in the southern tip of the continent for thousands of years - The hunter-gatherer San ranged widely over the area - The pastoral Khoekhoe lived in those comparatively well-watered

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    Reconstruction Rebecca Howard University of Phoenix #1 I found that I had mixed feelings as to if the Reconstruction was a splendid failure or not so I did some research. The Reconstruction is surrounded by controversy. Eric Froner asserts that the Reconstruction did not achieve the radical goals that were hoped for but the Reconstruction did offer African Americans in the south a vison of a free society even if only temporarily. Historians have categorized the Reconstruction as a total failure

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    During reconstruction‚ black lives had changed dramatically. There were changes that related to slavery‚ and changes that gave blacks citizenship‚ voting rights‚ civil rights‚ and much more. The period of reconstruction was a struggle for African Americans‚ however by the time it was over‚ they could all breathe a sigh of relief. After the South was defeated by the Union army‚ people of color nationwide were declared free; however‚ blacks had to find their own course of action during the reconstructed

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