Reader Response The text I selected tells me many things of the successes‚ failures‚ challenges‚ and outcomes of Reconstruction‚ however‚ to even begin to understand or comprehend how it does this‚ one must first know what this source is about. This source is an excerpt from a sermon in New Orleans‚ that was delivered to the people of the First Presbyterian Church on December 29th‚ in‚ ‘the year of our Lord‚’ 1860. The sermon was carried out by a man named Benjamin Morgan Palmer‚ who‚ based upon
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RECONSTRUCTION: HIGH HOPES AND SHATTERED DREAMS 1865-1877 CHAPTER 15 Rodrigo Gavilanez Rodrigo Gavilanez Professor Bonanno History 152 Section H1 9 October 2008 Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams‚ 1865-1877 The United States of America faced a lot of difficult times during its history to get of what today we call America. At the beginning‚ two of the most important changes that American’s History remembers were the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1‚ 1863
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Reconstruction: America Rises Again The Reconstruction of America lasted twelve years‚ between 1865 and 1877. The most damage was in the South. One of the problems was starvation. Thousands of hundreds of slaves died of diseases and starvation after they were liberated . About 620‚000 men died of starvation‚ disease‚ accident or in combat during the Civil War. Because of how bad the sicknesses were twenty-five percent of four million freed slaves suffered from illness or died between
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was being questioned. While war was over‚ many white Americans still didn’t accept African Americans new social role in the U.S. The pressure was heavy during this time‚ and there for the Reconstruction era is arguably the most important era in the U.S history. Looking at this topic I will discuss how this era had a big impact on African Americans rights with the decision on the Plessy vs Ferguson court case‚ how Frederik Douglass became a big advocate for civil
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social changes that would occur following the war‚ planning for an era of reconstruction initiated prior to the war concluding. This Era of Reconstruction‚ as it would become know‚ lasted until 1877. During the Era of Reconstruction and through the end of World War I‚ the United States experienced an explosive expansion in manufacturing and agricultural production. Based on the advancements achieved during in the Industrial Era the United States was able to evolve its manufacturing prowess into
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The reconstruction era of 19th Century provided a platform for the civil rights movement that followed in the 20th Century and created history. The aim of the reconstruction plan was to provide economic and racial equality to all the American citizens by abolishing slavery and ensuring the basic human rights to all citizens. However‚ due to the social and political structure of the period‚ many were skeptical of these policies and so the reconstruction program failed. Nevertheless‚ the spirit of
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Why did the Reconstruction go South? The Reconstruction demolition of the South did not goes as planned; instead of striving forward everything went south. The North proceeded with their plan of making the slaves into freedman by complete destruction of the South. Well everything went according to the plan but they did not plan of what they would do with the freedmen. They did not think of what to do with the land that they had destroyed; this problem alone caused chaos to the North. Plus other
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Faulkner ’s "A Rose for Emily" and Southern Reconstruction Reconstruction after the Civil War lasted from 1865-1877. The Era of Reconstruction was a time of conflict for the Southern United States.1 Abraham Lincoln actually started making plans for reconstruction as early as December of 1863.2 On December 18‚ 1865‚ Congress formally abolished slavery. When Andrew Johnson became President after Lincoln was assassinated‚ he had his own plans for Reconstruction. He wanted the Confederate states to
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The Reconstruction era of the United States was a time of relief for many. The civil war was finally over and slavery was abolished. Although the norths victory was very much a loss to the south. The thought of paying people for farm work or any kind of work at all was a devastating thought. This lead to radical groups such as the KKK which preyed on the lives of black people. This extreme group threaten the lives of many family’s that thought they were freed from the oppression. The reconstruction
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The reconstruction of the Radical Republicans by 1867‚ Andrew Jonson’s reconstruction plan had largely failed; and his unwillingness to change drove many moderate congressmen to become radicals. These Radical Republicans came up with their own reconstruction. Although‚ there were already radical republicans before Andrew Johnsons plan failed and he know it was and still wouldn’t change what he was doing many moderate congressmen moved over to the radical side because they felt they could accomplish
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