Michelle Khan Mr. Schneidman Social Studies October 4‚ 2012 Who killed reconstruction and why? After the Civil War‚ blacks were freed. They started to learn to read and write. They got voting rights and citizenship. They took roles in politics and got jobs. But‚ Reconstruction ended because of two main causes. Northern neglect and Southern resistance. The Northerners were no longer interested in dealing with the South and their problems. Ten years after the civil war and the people could
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North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? “…the slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery” (W.E.B. Dubois). After the Civil War ended in 1865‚ Reconstruction began. All slaves were finally freed because of the 13th amendment. Other amendments were passed such as: the 14th amendment which gave black Americans citizenship and the 15th amendment had made it illegal to deny someone the right to vote based on race. To enforce these new laws‚ northerners
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of the United States. The United States was in a desperate state for improvements the economy and getting production back to the way they used to be. In 1965‚ the Senate passed the 13 amendment to free slaves‚ but this caused more problems. Former slaves‚ were unable to take care of themselves since they did not have any land‚ money‚ or education. During this period‚ President Abraham Lincoln was the person in charge of the reconstruction of the South. Lincoln’s definition of Reconstruction according
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Many people don’t realize that after the Civil War‚ another war was fought during Reconstruction‚ a “Cold War” regarding the rights of the freedmen. Following the Civil War‚ the slaves were set free in a conflicted world where people couldn’t decide on their fate; they were caught in the crossfire between Congress and the civilians on the amount of rights they could have. The Congress‚ wishing to grant the freed slaves rights‚ failed to ensure the rights to the freedmen because of many reasons.
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Yvonne Craig Word Count: 2041 “Freedmen has nothing but their freedom”. Discuss the treatment of ex slaves in the South during Reconstruction. Freedmen itself is the term used to describe slaves who became free men after the US Congress passed the Confiscation Act of 1862. Previously‚ at the outset of was in Tinkell and Shi’s text ‘America‚ A Narrative History’ one is made aware that at the beginning of war‚ then President Lincoln‚ whom was later assassinated had promised to restore the union
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was just one of the many rights the south denied freedmen during reconstruction. Many laws and amendments were created to make life fair for African Americans. However very few of these changes were respected in the south. Based on most of the documents and additional information from outside sources‚ very little change took place in the life of a freedman. At first‚ some political changes were seen for freedmen in the United States however‚ “In less than a decade‚ reactionary forces–including the
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By Johnson’s Reconstruction Proclamations‚ most Southerners were offered full restoration of rights as long as they took an oath to support the government. Furthermore‚ these Proclamations appointed provincial governors to reestablish governments in seceded states‚ required returning states to proclaim the illegality of succession‚ and declared slavery illegal. However‚ although the South was prepared to accept both these proclamations and the end of slavery‚ they were not prepared to accept the
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CHAPTER 15 TEST REVIEW RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH Multiple Choice Questions 1. Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War was viewed by the victorious Northerners as A) a means by which the industrial capacity of the South could be rebuilt B) the best means by which poor whites could be given positions of power in the South C) the only way the South could be prevented from restoring their pre-Civil War society D) a necessary evil
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1. Why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction is where the government try to reunite the Union states and Confederate states as one and help rebuild the Southern states. Lincoln proposed the ten percent plan where only ten percent of the population in the Southern states only had to take the oath to the Union‚ but the government rejected the plan and went the Congress’s plan. Their plans was over fifty percent of the population to take the oath‚ but Lincoln vetoed it. After Lincoln’s assassination
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RECONSTRUCTION By: nicole alexandria Reconstruction was a time period of rebuilding economy and society. The South had needed to rebuild their economy and society because of the civil war. Many people disagreed with the idea because people thought that they did not need this and that they should live in ruins. Reconstruction occurred in 1867 many people felt devastated because they did not have adult males to help around. This
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