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    The union and confederates did not known how to get the nation back together. Two ways that Lincoln’s assassination affected the nation was that the original plan for reconstruction changed and his death created a larger time period of racism‚ segregation‚ and discrimination. If Lincoln had survived‚ his plans for reconstruction would have been successful. Instead‚ his death led to an open spot for someone else to take over and make those decisions. Of course Andrew Johnson would take over since

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    no only wanted to help them reconstruct but also help the slaves to be free. That’s how the Reconstruction began. During Reconstruction the south was very displeased that the norther people were coming in to their terrirtory to help the blacks. Sotherners believed that the blacks did not deserve to be free‚ so they ended the Reconstruction with violence. The south was responsible for the end of Reconstruction due to the creation of the KKK‚ the hate towards blacks‚ and giving blacks limited rights

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    down to the failing of her by her nurse‚ at the start of the play the nurse is a vital role in her life‚ and Shakespeare shows this though Juliet confiding in the nurse. However‚ this is how the change occurs as we see Juliet feeling as she has been failed by nurse in these secretive chats. However Romeo remains with one strong figure in his life thought the play‚ Friar Lawrence‚ and although the outcomes of dramatic events this appears to remain the same thought out. Juliet and nurse have a strong

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    loss of men and ammunition (Geoffrey Parker‚ Why the Armada Failed). When the fleet finally returned to Lisbon it brought the treasure ships back intact but it was clear that the Armada was no longer ready to mount the full scale invasion of England. Drake had given England another year to prepare for the Spanish Armada. Philip II now realized that there was no chance of a surprise attack on England and had to devise a new strategy. He increased the size of the Armada by adding the treasure ships

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    “The New Deal failed to achieve its objectives” The ‘New Deal’ was introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933‚ in his first 100 days in office. The new deal was based upon a series of economic programmes implemented in the United States by the federal government. Importantly‚ part of the new deal was based on the ‘Alphabet Agencies’ which were numerous amount of authorities/acts which were set up to either provide relief (for the people who had been affected by the great depression)‚ reform (changing

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    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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    war has always been referred to as the reconstruction era. The reconstruction era can be defined from two perspectives. First‚ it covers the story of the United States between the periods of 1865 to 1877. The second part revolved around the transformation of the United States in 1863 to 1877 through the directive of the congress. An era was full of so much pain and endless questions. It is argued in different quarters that although the war was over reconstruction was still a conflict. It was a fighting

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    of our history for many years. Its start grew from a need for a labor source in the new and growing America. The Southern economy thrived from slave labor whereas the North did not rely on the labor of slaves. This paper will prove that slavery failed in the North because in the North there was no need for large labor to support the economic structure compared to the South where slavery was needed to support their economy. There are three main points that will be used to support this. They are;

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    history as a failure. Many factors led to the failure of the federation including its weakness‚ conflict among the states and the unwillingness of the large islands to be burdened by the smaller islands. One of the main reasons why the federation failed is because it was weak. The federation was only given powers over its internal affairs and any foreign matters were dealt with by England. In addition‚ the member states had different views on what the federation should entail. Eric Williams of

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    Reconstruction By: 9/9/2013 1. Columbian historian Eric Foner (1983) quotes W. E. B. Dubois in calling reconstruction a “splendid failure (p.16).” After studying the events of late 19th century‚ defend whether or not you agree with his position. What are the long-term implications? In my opinion the one of the largest mistakes that was made was the amount of racism that still continued in America. Still to this day there is a large amount of racism in America‚ the only difference is it

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