The Reconstruction Era had caused many problems among the black people‚ the south‚ and the North (The Union). During this Reconstruction Era the South had found any possible loopholes that they could use to take black people’s rights away such as needing to do a literature test before voting‚ and used their power to scare and threaten black people into doing what they had wanted. To what length did the south destroy Reconstruction? The south had killed Reconstruction by using any and all loopholes
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Civil War Reconstruction Essay The “winner” of Reconstruction was the North mainly due to the fact that the South took most of the damage from the Civil War. The Civil War brought destruction to the South‚ its economy suffered from all the costs‚ the land suffered from all the battles‚ the people suffered due to Sherman‚ and African Americans were fighting a tough battle with the North on their side and the South against them. The South had much more Reconstruction to do than the North‚ so in the
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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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Radicals initially welcomed President Andrew Johnson. However‚ Johnson made it clear he had no intention of pushing for the rights of freed blacks‚ and would instead minimalize Reconstruction in the South. As a measure to diminish executive power over Reconstruction‚ the Radicals would form the Joint Committee on Reconstruction‚ allowing for protectionist measures of Southern blacks to pass over President Johnson’s veto. (Britannica‚ 2017) Radical Republicans believed that the Union victory over the
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civil war came a period of reconstruction era where Abraham Lincoln attempted to reunite the northern and southern states. During this time‚ goals were set for civil equality for blacks by the government. However‚ the hopes of the freed people were not met. Despite the government attempt to build equality and independence for the newly freed they were overturned by other citizens reluctant to follow the laws and lack of enforcement of the laws. The radical reconstruction involved radical republicans
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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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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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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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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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The American Revolution (A.R.) and the Reconstruction were difficult at the time‚ yet worth the obstacles. In a few ways they were similar‚ but they still maintain their differences. To put it into perspective‚ the Reconstruction was like an “American Revolution 2.0.” Not to say that Reconstruction was better than the A.R.‚ but it is the same car but a newer‚ more modern model. It is almost the same story with different characters. To begin‚ there was a perpetrator who did not want any
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