race Question 5 10 out of 10 points Which of the following did the congressional Reconstruction program enacted 1866-1867 NOT provide for? Answer Selected Answer: a land reform measure that would grant small tracts of farmland to deserving freedmen Question 6 10 out of 10 points The southern response to war’s end and Johnson’s program of Reconstruction indicated Answer Selected Answer: despair and defiance. Question 7 10 out
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The Reconstruction Era and its effects on Slavery with and after President Lincoln The Reconstruction Era which followed the Civil War was a period marked by a severe effort to re-establish a depleted and distraught society. The war‚ which was aimed at confronting the national dilemma of slavery‚ only led to subsequent problems over emancipation and an undefined condition of freedom. Some‚ who had naively assumed that ending slavery would resolve the problem of racial inequality‚ overlooked the
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Evaluate the gains made by the blacks during Reconstruction Reconstruction was during the period of 1865 to 1877‚ where attempts were made to solve the injustices of slavery and its political‚ social and economic legacy and solving the problems that would arise because of the readmission of the eleven states into the Union and has been long portrayed by many historians as a time when vindictive Radical Republicans fastened black supremacy upon the defeated confederacy. Some gains were made by
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Reconstruction Essay The time from 1865 - 1877 was called the Reconstruction period. Abraham Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War‚ he wanted to bring the Nation back together as quickly as possible and in 1863 he offered his plan for Reconstruction which required that the States new constitutions prohibit slavery. In January 1865‚ Congress proposed an amendment to the Constitution‚ which would abolish slavery in the United States. On December 18‚ 1865
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Reconstruction after the civil war even though worked years later‚ at the time was a complete failure at the attempt to fix the country. During this time the North while trying to help bring the economy back up in the south tried to fight for the rights of the African Americans in the South as well as to bring rights to the colored. People will argue and try to justify that it was successful because it passed the 3 main amendments of the time (which will be discussed later). Today yes those amendments
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3. How do we integrate and protect newly-emancipate black freedmen? 4. What branch of government should control the process of Reconstruction? Wartime Reconstruction President Lincoln’s 10% Plan - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (December 8‚1863) - Replace majority rule with “loyal rule” in the South - He didn’t consult Congress regarding Reconstruction - Pardon to all but the highest ranking military and civilian Confederate officers - When 10% of the voting population in the
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The Reconstruction Era was a period of time dedicated to rebuilding the nation after the Civil War. The South’s economy became devastated after the war. Southerners sought out to rebuild their territory and lives. President Lincoln was in charge of deciding under what terms and conditions the former Confederate states would need to follow to rejoin the Union. Radical Republicans saw Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction as too lenient.When President Johnson took office after Lincoln’s assassination‚
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destruction. It would take a lot of effort to reestablish states. The remaking of the states was called reconstruction. During the Reconstruction Era many changes happened. In 1865 and 1866 southern states legislatures passed black codes to control the behavior and work of African Americans. There was outrage in the north over the codes‚ and they did not want the support from Presidential Reconstruction. During this time blacks gained a voice in the government for the first time in American history.
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92. In 1865 an appointment was held between representatives of an African American community in Savannah‚ Georgia and Edwin Staunton‚ Secretary of War‚ and Major General Sherman concerning topics of the freedman in Georgia. Land was set aside‚ 40 acres‚ and a mule that could no longer be used by the Army to establish a community of their own. 1. Black leaders believed that owning land was essential to freedom because by them owning their own land they would be able to support themselves by themselves
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The period of Reconstruction‚ lasting from 1865-1876‚ consisted of the years after the Civil War during which Americans made efforts to rebuild their chaotic nation. African Americans were arguably affected by this period the most because it was a small step in the right direction towards securing political and economic rights for former slaves. However‚ the slight improvement of daily life for African Americans didn’t result in much change. Although the North was somewhat successful economically
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