“Education during Reconstruction” In the south before‚ during‚ and after the reconstruction was a time for educational growth. Many states were just beginning to provide public education. The education system at the time was a shadow of the system that we know today during this era. The civil war brought the separation of races but also families. To distract from this the Radical Republicans stressed education during the reconstruction to avert the attention of the people from the war and
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The reconstruction era was the period after the civil war when the United States was trying to repair the government. William Mason Grosvenor‚ an abolitionist and commander to a unit of African-American soldiers‚ wanted a radical and harsh reconstruction (Dudley 7). Herman Melville‚ a writer from the North‚ wanted a lenient reconstruction (Dudley 8). Therefore‚ he did not want the reconstruction to be spiteful (Dudley 9). The reconstruction should have been a peaceful way to restore the broken country
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By 1866‚ several distinct positions on Reconstruction emerged. These were divided into three opposing camps: Conservatives (democrats)‚ Moderates‚ and Radicals. The Conservatives believed the South should be readmitted into the Union as soon as possible‚ but the Radicals and Moderates believed there should be consequences for succeeding. <br> <br>The question of what those consequences should be separated Radical from Moderate. The answer to this question was as related to how important each side
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Reconstruction Acts (1867) divided the former Confederate states into five military districts‚ each under the control of the Union army. These acts also increased the requirements for gaining readmission to the Union and to do so‚ an ex-Confederate state had to ratify the 14th Amendment and place guarantees in its constitution for granting the right to vote to all adult males regardless of race. Lincoln set up a process for political Reconstruction‚ as in reconstructing the state governments in the
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Radical Republicans gain control of Reconstruction politics? The Radical Republicans gained control of Reconstruction with the 1866 election. There was violence against freedmen‚ and the Northerners were outraged. The Republicans came up with the 14th Amendment. It gave anyone born in the United States citizenship. This included freed slaves. Numerous Northerners saw the need for tougher methods‚ and supported them. What impact did federal Reconstruction policy have on the former Confederacy
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Ironclads- Wooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War. Brought in a new age of military fighting‚ by getting rid of the old ways of fighting. Bounty Jumpers- Would enlist as someone else‚ desert‚ and then reenlist again for another person to gain a profit. Greenbacks- Name given to paper money during the Civil War‚ they weren’t redeemable for actual gold but were still handed out. Farmers wanted to inflate it to cover the cost of the depression but the
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AP WORLD HISTORY COMP ESSAY 2: Compare and contrast the impact of two trans-national exchanges of trade goods‚ beliefs‚ and/or disease on empire: Mediterranean Sea Lanes- on the Roman or Athenian Empires Eurasian Silk Roads- on the Roman‚ Qin‚ Han‚ Maurya‚ or Gupta Empires Indian Ocean Sea Lanes- on the Maurya or Gupta Empires Tran-Saharan Caravan Routes- on the Roman Empire Thesis: 1. Preview 2. 2 Trade routes 3. Impact on empire (good/beliefs/or disease) Brain Storming: Silk Road: Han-
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Daniel Um Period 4 Women were definitely a part in the economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the progressive era. These individuals who wanted more rights for females were able to achieve this after making organizations and being tenacious while protesting. One example of how women were a part in the social changes of the progressive era was how women were able to receive higher education and more of a variety of careers. Alice Paul and the Women’s Christian Temperance
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Readings: America’s History ch 1 pgs 7-38‚ Other Sources: “Columbus Letter” (online)‚ “Why History” by David McCullough Outline: A. Native American Experience 1. First Americans 2. Mayas and Aztecs 3. Indians of the North Hopewell‚ Pueblos‚ Mississippians‚ Eastern Woodland‚ matrilineal B. European Society 1. European Peasant Society Peasants 2. Hierarchy and Authority Dower‚ primogeniture 3. Power of Religion Pagans‚ heresies C. Europeans Create a Global World 1. Renaissance
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Sawyer Player Period 8 December 9‚ 2014 Slavery in North America Slavery began in the U.S. when the first African slaves were delivered by ship to the colony of Virginia in 1619. Their purpose was to work without pay in agricultural and industrial fields to financially benefit their owners. While the idea of unpaid servitude has been prominent throughout history‚ its development in America took on an entirely new meaning. It was racially based‚ creating a prejudice society that slaves and former
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