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    The Reconstruction period has been one of the most challenging and controversial periods of the United States history‚ which led to substantial changes in social‚ economical‚ and political aspects of life of the US citizens. It has influenced every stratum of society‚ but African Americans were the group that was affected the most. There were many issues and concerns that African Americans were facing after the Civil War. Under slavery‚ most blacks lived separated from their relatives‚ so being

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    Effects of Reconstruction on African Americans Reconstruction generally refers to the period in United States history immediately following the Civil War in which the federal government set the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union. In 1862‚ Abraham Lincoln had appointed provisional military governors to re-establish governments in Southern states that were recaptured by the Union Army. The main condition for re-admittance was that at least ten percent

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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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    RECONSTRUCTION‚ WHAT WENT WRONG I. Historiography of Reconstruction A. Early Views Journalists‚ Poets‚ & Rebels Negative view of Reconstruction Sidney Andrews‚ The South Since the War (1866) John Dennett‚ The South as It Is. Southern frame of reference Sidney Lanier (poet) Attempt to justify Civil War B. Early Professional Historians John Ford Rhodes Ohio Democrat Not impartial Blamed North for problems of Reconstruction’ Claimed Black Rule

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    Reconstruction was a time in American history where the South was brought back into the United States by way of the Military Reconstruction Act. This act was put into place to bring the South back in a forceful manner showing the power and strength of the United States. One of the conditions for a state to reenter the United States was that the 13th amendment had to be ratified‚ for a while this amendment was followed‚ until the military was pulled out of the South. The Military Reconstruction

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    failures of Reconstruction. What Black gains made during Reconstruction were retained despite Democratic redemption of the Southern states? How did economic conditions in the nation‚ both North and South influence the end of Reconstruction? Characteristics and Impacts of American Reconstruction Uploaded by tyson_626 (4560) on Feb 10‚ 2005 {draw:rect} A revolution drowned in blood Reconstruction and African American political power The period of U.S. history known as Reconstruction‚ following

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    The Reconstruction era was put into effect by Congress in 1866 and lasted until 1877. Reconstruction was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War. The reconstruction plan granted the means for readmitting the southern states into the Union‚ and tried to come up with the methods by which whites and blacks could live together in a non-slave society. America’s position as a country was established on principles of freedom but those beliefs were weakened by slavery. At the end

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    Post-Civil War Reconstruction Essay The Civil War managed to divide the United States into two sections incapable of negotiating a way to effectively work together. When the war ended in 1864‚ with the Union taking the victory‚ it left America in ruins and from there America started the reconstruction process in an effort to restore the glory that once was. Although Reconstruction had the complete intentions of creating an even better America than before‚ it unfortunately regressed because of things

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    After the Civil war‚ the Union was reestablished in racism. Reconstruction was the constitutional effort (13th‚ 14th‚ 15th amendment) of the north to force the south to treat the freed slaves as citizens. Reconstruction failed miserably. It is one of the least glorious parts of American history. Some nationalists like to think that there are no badly edifying chapters of America‚ and decide to forget about it. The civil war was one of the big three events along with the Revolution and World War Two

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    the war ended. In December 1863‚ President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to help expedite united the Nation again. However‚ radical Congressional Republicans believed that Congress was responsible for setting the terms of unifying the nation. Radical Republicans thought the president’s plan was too lenient and did not include protection for former slaves. The reconstruction of the South would be a long and drawn out. President Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” allowed

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