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    Who killed reconstruction?Why did they kill reconstruction?South or North?It is definitely a topic that is important in American history.Reconstruction is a an era after the Civil War when the south was absolutely destroyed‚getting the economy back up‚and seeing what to with the “Freedmen”.Since most of the war was mostly fought in the south‚the entire south was burned down‚all the buildings or houses had bullet holes or cannon shots in them‚which was all part of the reconstruction.There were all

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    PERIOD 1‚ US HISTORY ACC. Question: To what extent was the Reconstruction a failure? Reconstruction was the period directly after the end of the Civil War (1865-1877). This era was a necessary time for the United States to restore the divided nation. The eleven rebel states that had been defeated leaving the government unsure weather to punish or pardon them. In Reconstruction era‚ the three goals emerged from the federal government: rebuild the South‚ provide and protect freedman’s

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    In the year 1865‚ marks the end of the civil war with a victory to the North and granted freedom to some 4 million slaves but also marked the start of reconstruction. It was a process to put the pieces that were broken during the war back together. However‚ this wasn’t an easy task‚ for there were a lot of uprising challenges. In order to repair the nation there has to be a strong bond between the South accepting to be in the union and for freedmen to have rights but due to fear from the North who

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    deciding who would direct the Reconstruction process. The South was economically devastated and socially revolutionized by emancipation. As slave owners reluctantly confronted the end of slave labor‚ blacks took their first steps in freedom. Black churches and freedmen’s schools helped the former slaves begin to shape their own destiny. The new President Andrew Johnson was politically inept and personally contentious‚ and attempted to implement a moderate plan of Reconstruction‚ along the lines originally

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    Plan for Reconstruction President Johnson and the Radical Republicans both came up with plans of how to reconstruct America after the Civil War. President Johnson was more lenient toward the Southerners because of his background. His plan did not include harsh punishments. The Radical Republicans plans were strict and imposed cruel new laws for the betrayal of the Confederate states. The views from each are completely opposite when concerning Freemen. My plan for reconstruction is an "A+"

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    Ansley Walker DBQ Byrd The period of the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ lasting from 1860-1877‚ the nation underwent a multitude of powerful changes‚ physically and emotionally. A school of thought today exists that‚ “The North won the war‚ bur the South won reconstruction.” What does this mean exactly? When the Union defeated the Confederacy‚ Northerners‚ freemen‚ and existing slaves imagined a political and social revolution in which their dreams of abolition and government power would manifest

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    Reconstruction: Failure or Success? Reconstruction occurred immediately after the Civil War. It was enforced by the Union to help readmit southern states back into the Union‚ and to enforce equal rights for newly freed slaves. For freed slaves‚ Reconstruction was both a success and failure. However‚ for the southern economy‚ Reconstruction turned out to be an immense failure. A main goal of Reconstruction was to ensure newly freed slaves would be given opportunities they had gone without for over

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    South Carolina stand in line to vote for the first time. They wait‚ but when they reach the front‚ they are given a literacy test which they have to pass in order to vote. Voting 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

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    AP US History 06 January 2006 Reconstruction: Failure The Civil war was possibly the greatest tragedy that this country had ever faced. Years of constant arguing‚ compromises and cynical ideas about slavery pushed this so called "United Nation" into an atrocious collision between the Northern abolitionists and the Southern proslavery farmers and plantation owners. The nation suffered enormous losses economically and went into a downward spiral. The reconstruction period began with many leaders

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    Reconstruction started to go down the hill when Grant wanted to start building and fixing many things throughout the United States. Grant wanted to fix things such as old factories‚ railroad tracks‚ homes‚ and build more business on the open land across the United States. When all of this construction went on across the US‚ the country started to face a big problem in money causing reconstruction to somewhat fall. In 1876 President Ulysses S. Grant’s time as president was up. Therefore‚ the new president

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