1. What were the two phases of Reconstruction? What policies or decisions helped to shape each phase? • One phase of the Reconstruction era was the presidential era which started after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ the man to take his place was Andrew Johnson. But as stated in the textbook “Johnson was a bitter racist” (411) he was against the idea of black equality. In May 1865 a lenient policy toward the South was designed to try and re-establish the southern state governments. The second
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Plans for Reconstruction The American Civil War‚ lasting from 1861-1865‚ was the most severe military conflict the country had seen; it involved the United States of America (the Union)‚ and eleven secessionist Southern states (the Confederate States of America). The war was the upshot of decades worth of political‚ social‚ and economic conflict between the agricultural South‚ which produced mainly cash crops such as cotton‚ tobacco‚ and sugarcane‚ and the industrial North. The South depended
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slaves in the reconstruction era Firsty‚ the thirteenth amendment was made by Abraham lincoln‚ Abraham was against the African American being held as slaves and he also knew it wasn’t right‚ but I feel like the slaves were very happy to be free‚ and they hoped there weren’t going to be beat anymore. I feel they were also happy because their kids would be able to have an education and do things their parents never go to do. Secondly‚ plessy was a major impact during the reconstruction era Plessy was
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some 4 million slaves but also marked the start of reconstruction. It was a process to put the pieces that were broken during the war back together. However‚ this wasn’t an easy task‚ for there were a lot of uprising challenges. In order to repair the nation there has to be a strong bond between the South accepting to be in the union and for freedmen to have rights but due to fear from the North who thought that it will lead to a race war and the South who believed that former slaves would come back
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Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era of the 1860’s began before and continued well after the Civil War. The plans were designed to bring the union back together. Today some historians argue that reconstruction failed. Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Radical Republicans‚ all had ideas and plans of how they wanted to bring the union back together. They all worked diligently to get their plans‚ laws‚ and proclamations into action. President Abraham Lincoln’s plans consisted of a Proclamation of Amnesty
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In the 1860s‚ the American Civil War occurred due to disagreements between the North and the South‚ including their perceptions on slavery. The North was victorious‚ which led to the transformation of the South after their loss‚ better known as the Reconstruction Era. A primary concept during this period was the idea of equality of all. The thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments were passed to make the United States a nation where people will not be discriminated based on their race- something
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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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Malice Towards None” Post-civil war‚ the United States was divided into two: South and North. In the North‚ Radical Republicans ruled and Democrats led the South. Having very different opinions on what to do to unify the country again‚ there was the creation of many ideas‚ laws‚ amendments‚ and acts that led to what we call the Reconstruction period. The legacy of Reconstruction is good‚ as goals to reunify South and North were achieved. It is also very negative because racial inequalities continued
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The Underground Railroad was crucial to the Reconstruction era and in supporting the Union side of the Civil War. The Railroad was a system of routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape from slavery to a better life. Runaway slaves were led by “conductors” such as the famous Harriet Tubman to free territories‚ the most popular destination of these being Canada‚ or the “promised land”. Many slaves also escaped to Northern states‚ Mexico‚ or even the Caribbean. The system provided an opportunity
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S.S Essay In this essay‚ i will explain and discuss 1 social‚ 1 political‚ and 1 economic change in American Society or during reconstruction. Once social change that happened was African Americans. These African Americans were not considered slaves anymore and were given rights although they were not treated equally as whites. African Americans were separated from whites in everything. Schools‚ bathrooms‚ parks etc...... African Americans weren’t treated like a white man would treat another
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