advocates. 3. Explain the intense political partisanship of the Gilded Age‚ despite the parties’ lack of ideological difference and poor quality of political leadership. 4. Indicate how the disputed Hayes-Tilden election of 1876 led to the Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction. 5. Describe how the end of Reconstruction led to the loss of black rights and the imposition of the Jim Crow system of segregation in the South. 6. Explain the rise of class conflict between business and
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the country in ruin. Abraham Lincoln‚ the president of the U.S at the time came up with the plan to re-build the country after the war. He called it Reconstruction Plan. The Reconstruction Plan was put to use right after the war in 1865 and ended in 1877. Within the Reconstruction Plan‚ Lincoln offered a model for reinstatement of Southern states called the 10 percent Reconstruction plan. And also‚ during reconstruction period‚ we witnessed the emerged of Black Code which created the Fourteen and Fifteen
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After the Civil War‚ the South was left in shambles and many cities completely destroyed and the task of rebuilding the South and reuniting the Nation began even before the war ended. In December 1863‚ President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to help expedite united the Nation again. However‚ radical Congressional Republicans believed that Congress was responsible for setting the terms of unifying the nation. Radical Republicans thought the president’s plan was too
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Do you know about the Jim Crow Laws? The Jim Crow Laws were a goal to give African Americans the same equality as white Americans. Jim Crow laws was an important part of history. Jim Crow was a character who was made from African culture. It was a racial segregation laws that were passed after Reconstruction Period in South of the U.S‚ They were forced until 1965 it started in 1890 in public places with separate but equal rights to African Americans. It forced segregation in public schools‚ movies
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and white Republicans lose control of every southern state by 1877? The old conservative democrats regained the state governments. Also‚ blacks‚ who back then unanimously voted Republican‚ were beginning to be disenfranchised. 9. Why did the Republican Party fail to maintain control of southern state governments during Reconstruction? 10. How and why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction ended because of the compromise of 1877. It was an unwritten agreement that stated Hayes would win
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By using my knowledge of the documents and my knowledge of the period 1877-1915‚ I was able to asses the appropriateness of each of the strategies in the historical context in which it was developed. I came to the conclusion that Booker T Washington’s strategy was more appropriate for the time period 1877-1915 then was W.E.B Du Bois’ strategy. A summarization of Booker T Washington’s strategy presented in The Atlanta Compromise Address or “Document D” would be to say that he wanted all black Americans
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as essential to their way of life. They believed slavery was needed to help their economy and plantations become prosperous. When the United States received more land‚ states wondered whether slavery would be allowed in them or not. The laws and compromises mentioned previously reveal that this led to more conflict‚ mostly when the North didn’t agree with the Fugitive Slave Act. Also mentioned previously‚ the 1860 election revealed how important slavery was to the South when just the threat of it scared
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The term Bourbon refers to the white rulers throughout the South at the end of the Reconstruction period. The Bourbons were democrats who ruled Louisiana until well into the 20th century. After 1877 cotton and sugar planters along with wealthy New Orleans businessmen reigned over the state; many of them were sons or grandsons of those that ruled before the Civil War. The Bourbon Democrats of Louisiana quickly realized that they would not be able to completely return to the plantation South of 1860
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In a country where it is impossible to satisfy all groups of people‚ the United State fell victim to just this. The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the withdrawal of troops that served to guarantee the right of African American suffrage. Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president of the U.S and architect of the Declaration of Independence‚ planted the seed for African American freedom;
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Reconstruction Rebuilding the South after the Civil War presented substantial challenges. This challenging period of time following the Civil War from 1865-1877 is known as Reconstruction. It was a time of transformation and a time of turbulence in the South. Abraham Lincoln initially developed a plan for Southern states to rejoin the union (Foner). Over time this plan changed when Lincoln was assassinated and Andrew Johnson became President. Legislation followed to try to resolve the issue of the
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