Reconstruction was the attempt to rebuild and reform the South politically‚ economically‚ and socially after the Civil War‚ and to refashion race relations throughout the nation. Historians of the era have focused on four questions: How much change was there between the antebellum and postbellum eras? Was Reconstruction too radical or too conservative? When did it start and end? And how and why did it fail? Reconstruction was as deeply political as the controversies over slavery and the Civil
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The period of time just after Reconstruction ended to the beginning of World War I was full of change. From the “robber barons” of big business to the massive number of immigrants‚ many aspects of American life were changing‚ in both positive and negative ways. The greedy businessmen shut down competition against them and formed monopolies allowing them to set high prices and the large amount of labor allowed them to pay low wages. The immigrants worried the upper class whites because they thought
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discriminatory attitudes (Tindall & Shi‚ 2010‚ p. 759). Most subversively‚ southern newspapers propagated stereotypes against African Americans in their coverage and descriptions of constitutional conventions (Logue‚ 1979‚ p. 342). Although Radical Reconstruction offered some progress toward social equality after the Civil War‚ its success was short-lived as African Americans suffered vast disenfranchisement through racist rulings‚ attitudes‚ and media representation in the South at the turn of the century
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The victory of the Union after the Civil War had given millions of slaves their freedom. The Reconstruction of the South after the war‚ presented a lot of challenges for the African Americans. African Americans in the south began to lose their rights due to the Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes. African Americans engaged in many leadership roles during the Reconstruction Era. With the African Americans improving their rights and status‚ many whites in the south were disgruntled. Even though the
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US History August 22‚ 2012 Reconstruction‚ I 1. Wartime Reconstruction‚ 1862-1864 2. Presidential Reconstruction 1865-1866 Can Slavery continue indefinitely? The Union perpetual -Lincoln wanted to win the war‚ but he did not want to destroy the old south -Congress wanted to transform the south. -Lincoln wants to abolish slavery because it would cripple the economy‚ and believed in a gradual proclomation plan Wartime Reconstruction -Emancipation Proclamation‚ 1863 -Liberates slaves
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1. Explain President Lincoln and President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plans. - In 1863‚ President Lincoln used his power of presidential pardon when he issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to bring about immediate restoration of the Union. He used the 10% plan. After the war the American peopled needed unification. After Lincolns death‚ Johnson dad to evaluate the status of the states that had succeeded. By presidential proclamation he appointed a governor for each of the former
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Civil War in 1865 positively and negatively affected African Americans during the Reconstruction era. The positive outcome that came out of the victory of the Civil War was the freedom gained by millions of slaves from the South. Freeing the slaves‚ however negatively resulted in the creation of Black Codes‚ which were enforced by whites‚ to control the basic rights of African American people. When the Reconstruction Era came to an end in 1877‚ many laws from the Black Codes were passed and helped
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I. The Problems of Peace I.After the war‚ there were many questions over what to do with the free Blacks‚ such as how to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union‚ what to do with Jefferson Davis‚ and who would be in charge of Reconstruction? II.The Southern way of life had been ruined‚ as crops and farms were destroyed‚ the slaves had been freed‚ the cities were burnt down‚ but still‚ and many Southerners remained defiant. II. Freedmen Define Freedom I.At first‚ the freed Blacks
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In the era of Reconstruction to the end of the 19th century‚ the United States underwent an economic change marked by the rapid expansion of big business. The rapid corporate growth in America started in the end of 1860s‚ after the end of Civil War. The first period of Big Business rise matched with important changes in the American society. These were the end of Civil War‚ abolishment of slavery and several other political reforms‚ resolution of social tension between the North and the South‚ and
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Curtis‚ Lane‚ and Sean Mr. Podoll U.S. History December 17‚ 2016 Automobiles Automobiles are arguably the most important invention of Reconstruction in America. Reconstruction came at a time when the nation was still recovering from the Civil War; it was also the time of industrial revolution in America. Although the Civil War greatly strengthened America’s railroad system there was still a need for something more in the transportation industry. There was a need for something smoother riding
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