The United States was in a very turbulent time period between 1860 and 1877. Those dates saw the Civil War cast its horrendous shadow over America‚ as well as the rise and fall of Reconstruction. Changes that occurred during this time period are staggering‚ to say the least. Developments in both constitutional and social areas from 1860 to 1877 can be considered to have been a revolution. The Civil War was‚ obviously‚ the first revolution that occurred during this time period. With the election
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Rhetorical Equality Successful‚ self-educated abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington fought tirelessly to eradicate slavery. Born into slavery‚ Douglass and Washington shared the belief of equality‚ but differed on the manner in which it would be achieved. Douglass’s philosophy was “agitate!‚ agitate!‚ agitate!” whereas‚ Washington was of the ‘work!‚ work!‚ work!” mindset. Through his crafty use of rhetoric‚ Douglass delivered a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of America
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Reconstruction was not a complete failure but a "radical & noble attempt" to bring equality to the black man. It took three options to bring about a decent change for the former slaves .To help fix the problem in 1865 congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau the first federal welfare system to provide food‚ clothing‚ confiscated land‚ and education. This idea was able to succeed in education; unfortunately it was ended in 1872. Soon after Lincoln’s assassination President Johnson was sworn into
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The Reconstruction of the south was not a complete failure‚ but it took to long for America to bring social and economic equality of opportunity to the former slaves. The first plan of attempt was by President Lincoln‚ called the 10% plan. It allowed a state to be apart of the Union when ten percent of its voters in the election 1860 had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States and pledged to abide by emancipation. Soon after Lincoln’s assassination President Johnson was sworn into office
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In the United States‚ since roughly 1800‚ there have been two majorpolitical parties. For the last 150 years or so‚ these two parties have been the Democrat and Republican parties. This is in deep contrast to many other democratic nations‚ who often have as many as ten significant parties. Many people wonder why the United States has only two parties and why it is so difficult for a third or a fourth party to make any significant gains and become a noteworthy player on the national political scene
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During the 1860s and the 1870s‚ Americans faced a social crisis that literally divided the nation to two. Social developments and constitutional changes that occurred within this time frame amounted to a devastating separation of people. The first major crisis‚ the Civil War‚ divided the nation sectionally and what ensued afterward‚ the Reconstruction‚ divided the nation completely. The Civil War lasted four years‚ from April of 1861 to April of 1865. It physically separated the nation into two
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conflicting problems that were proved unfixable by compromise. During this time‚ the north underwent major social‚ economic‚ and industrial changes known as the Antebellum Period. While the south generally clung to king cotton and slavery and thus remained essentially the same. This arose a manifold of controversies with how issues such as tariffs‚ slavery‚ and land should be handled. Both the Union and the Confederacy tried to create compromises to resolve these problems‚ yet both sides were never
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controversial matters and providing answers that did not satisfy either one side or both. The early 1800s were full of the North and the South making many attempts at reconciliation that just fell short. Among those were the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ and the Great Compromise of 1850. Other tempestuous attempts led to the Tariff/Nullification Controversy‚ anti slavery debates in congress‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Whether it was one side or the other‚ there was always someone to oppose - and in some
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downhill. Although‚ this year celebrated a document symbolizing freedom‚ it is ironic how it also crushed the many hopes and dreams of black Americans living in the south. Reconstruction was the time period after the civil war dating from 1865 to 1877. The two main goals of Reconstruction was to rebuild the South’s economy and to end slavery. It was all going well with the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments; it was like a dream come true. Unfortunately‚ Reconstruction ended due to the North and South
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Party from 1877 to 1896 abandon its earlier principles and succumb to expediency? The Gilded Age was a big change for both Democrat and Republican parties. Both sides started changing tactics to stay in power‚ but one was more prominent. The Republican Party in the Gilded Age did drop abandon their earlier principles because of the Compromise of 1877 and getting votes. The Compromise of 1877 was the time that the Republican Party really abandoned their principles. This compromise allowed the
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