amounted to a revolution. Some constitutional developments were the Secession of 1860‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ and Amendments 14 and 15. Some social developments were the Freedmen’s Bureau‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1875‚ and Congressional Reconstruction. Put together‚ all these developments led to a revolution. Prior to 1860 the United States was already split into opposing sides fighting for power. Although these conflicts never reached the battlefield‚ the slave’s states and Free states
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J. Tilden and Electoral Commission Members. Why do you think the Compromise of 1877 is also known as the Corrupt Bargain? What could be considered corrupt about it? Because Rutherford B. Hayes was given the presidency for agreeing to end the reconstruction by removing federal troops from the south. Compare and contrast Hayes and Tilden‚ including their political backgrounds and their views on the results of the election. Hayes was a Republican why Tilden was a Democrat. Hayes grew up in a small
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Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been the epitome of wild‚ irrational‚ and extreme violence against nationality‚ race‚ and religion in the United States. Although the KKK has declined in popularity and power‚ the white supremacy clan is still prevalent along with underlying groups that follow the traditional beliefs of the KKK. The klan was once spread throughout nearly all southern states during the 19th century when the Civil Rights Movement was at its high. The klan died out‚ but reemerged during
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quickly as possible from the Civil War and planned to reunify the nation quickly | he was assassinated in 1865 only days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender | plans for Reconstruction were taken over by Vice President Andrew Johnson‚ who became president after Lincoln’s death | President Andrew Johnson | his own presidential reconstruction | the congress refused to seat legislators from those states and advanced legislation to overrule the Southern actions | When he persisted in trying to dismiss Secretary
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The Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization made up of white Protestant Americans who discriminated against black people‚ Jewish people and other minority groups. The Ku Klux Klan made society realize that there was still prejudices and racists in America. This group encouraged the government take action to stop discrimination from growing in the South. The Ku Klux Klan is an evil organization but‚ it made the people and government realize how bad discrimination was occurring. Members
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One Nation Indivisible Mr. Horne A2 The main goal of Reconstruction was to bring the rebel states back into the Union‚ and to help the freedmen become a part of society. Although there was a lot of abuse‚ and Reconstruction didn’t go as smoothly as it was intended to be‚ these two goals were achieved as much as was possible. So‚the resulting outcome has been labeled both a success and a failure. When Reconstruction began in 1865‚ a broken America had just finished fighting the Civil War
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Reuniting with families • looked over thousands of miles looking for family • even purchased advertisements. Land Special field order #15 • Gen William Sherman‚ January 26‚ 1865 ○ 400‚000 acres ○ seize land at the beginning of the reconstruction area to provide land for former enslaved people The Port Royal Experiment • 1861 • black people could prove that they can actually learn • established an all black school‚ one of the first of its kind in the South CLICKER What was the
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“However‚ it had seemed that the dream of Reconstruction might be realized.” (W.E.B Dubois). This explains that people‚ both in the south and the north have seen all the bad issues that happened after the civil war. The civil war has caused a large separation between the south and north. From all the damage that happened between the two states of slavery getting involved and separation made Lincoln make a reconstruction to make the north and south one big state at the end. The north had passed the
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APUSH Midterm: 1861-1900 Short Answer 1. Presidential Reconstruction • “Reconstruction” = restoring the Union‚ bringing the states back together‚ NOT fixing the South • The idea that‚ because the South never really “left‚” it’s the President’s job‚ as opposed to the idea that Congress needs to readmit states that left • Also a reference to Johnson’s plan: after he became President‚ he came up with his own plan and went ahead with it without Congress • Johnson gave pardons to everyone‚ abandoned
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DBQ 10: Reconstruction’s Failure Congress Reconstruction efforts to ensure equal right to freedom failed because the enforcement acts that was giving in Document 2‚ Prejudice in the south giving Benjamin Boyer’s speech and from the book “Black Reconstruction in America” in document 6‚ another reason was the Compromise of 1877. In the exert from the New York times‚ it states the Ku Klux Klan purpose was to establish a nucleus around which the adherents of the late rebellion might safely rally
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