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    - studies how economic actors can and do construct contractual arrangements‚ generally in the presence of asymmetric information Kansas–Nebraska Act 1854 - created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska‚ opened new lands‚ repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. Stephen Arnold Douglas - was an American politician from the western state of Illinois‚ and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee

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    After the Union won the Civil War‚ the United of America began to repair the nation from 1865-1877. The reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately‚ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated‚ killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ became president from 1865-1866. President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws‚ and have the whole nation create their own laws. President

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    Success‚ Long Term Failure by Thesis Both the presidency and Congress passed several reforms to attempt to solve all of these problems‚ however the progress that was made during Reconstruction was for the most part shot down by the Compromise of 1877. Outline of the Contents I. Intro—Thesis II. Condition of the South Immediately Following the Civil War III. The Presidential Reconstruction Plan IV. The Congressional Reconstruction Plan V. Economic Reform VI. Social Strife VII. Conclusion

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    in society. Although in the beginning the government provided support for these new citizens‚ efforts toward reconstruction faded as the years passed. Those efforts faded to a point where they were all but nonexistent‚ and with the unwritten Compromise of 1877‚ what feeble efforts that were left of reconstruction were now all but dead. Politically‚ reconstruction failed to provide equality by pulling Federal troops from the South‚ allowing former Confederate officials and slave owners to return to

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    Civil War/Reconstruction Test Matching: In the space provided‚ write the term identified by each description. Choose your answers from the list below. |Fort Sumter Appomattox Courthouse Battle of Antietam Freedman’s Bureau | |Border states Siege of Vicksburg Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant | |Scalawags carpetbaggers Robert E. Lee

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    1860 to 1877‚ many constitutional and social developments brought great change to the country. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation and the reconstruction‚ while some social developments‚ which could possibly have lead to a revolution‚ were the Freedmen’s Bureau‚ the Black Codes‚ and the KKK. Prior to 1860 the America was already split into two sides‚ the north and south. To prevent too much conflict‚ they implemented numerous compromises such

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    of 1865 1877‚ federal law provided civil rights protection in the U.S. South for freedmen the African Americans who had formerly been slaves. In the 1870s‚ Democrats gradually regained power in the Southern legislatures‚ sometimes as a result of elections in which paramilitary groups intimidated opponents‚ attacking blacks or preventing them from voting. Gubernatorial elections were close and disputed in Louisiana for years‚ with extreme violence unleashed during the campaigns. In 1877‚ a national

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    In the election of 1868‚ General Ulysses S. Grant‚ the most popular northern hero to emerge from the Civil War‚ became president. Grant ran on the Republican ticket with the slogan‚ “Let us have peace” against the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. The Republican platform endorsed the Reconstruction policy of Congress‚ payment of the national debt with gold‚ and cautious defense of black suffrage. Unfortunately‚ the qualities that had made Grant a fine military leader did not serve him well as

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    Reconstruction of America‚ and also the Klu Klux Klan who was established by white men who supported Reconstruction but not towards legal status of freedmen. The Reconstruction era was not easy to finish and it had it’s up and downs‚ such as The Compromise of 1877 and the Enforcement Act of 1870 were up but the downs of Blackcodes and Jim Crow Laws. Getting though our trials and tribulations isn’t easy but getting though them makes us stronger then ever. The start of reuniting the Union and the South

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    US HIST 112 SINCE 1877 NOTES: 8-20-2013 April 1861 Begins Civil War 1864 - big year in civil war lincoln appoints US GRANT CINCO DE MAYO OCCURS ANDREW JOHNSON FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED. TOOK OVER WHEN LINCOLN DIED. HE BROKE THE LAW. NEVER SERVED ANOTHER TERM RECONSTRUCTION ( 1865-18770 CULTURAL‚ ECONOMIC‚ PHYSICAL‚ POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROCESSES DEVELOPED TO REHABILITATE FORMER CONFEDERATE STATES EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE REBUILT SO MANY DIED OF INFECTION INSTEAD

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