and measurements. Vehicles are inspected next. Whoever is investigating will measure the amount of damage on the vehicles. This information will be needed if an accident reconstruction is performed. The brakes‚ steering‚ tires‚ etc will probably be inspected to see if they caused the accident. The reconstruction process uses physics to determine the speeds of the vehicles‚ and/or their relative positions during the accident. Pre and post impact direction of travel‚ length of skid marks
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VMB’S 12/8/13 Novel Analysis: Brotherhood “Brotherhood” by Anne Westrick is set in Richmond‚ Virginia during the reconstruction period after the civil war. Tension between the Yankees and native southerners are at an all time high. The book follows the story is Shadrach Weaver‚ a fourteen year old who is confused. One day‚ after following his stronger older brother‚ Jeremiah when he sneaks off in the middle of the night. Shad joins this brotherhood that he knows nothing about. They promise
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Even while the Civil War was in progress‚ the “Union”‚ the federal government offered amnesty to confederate citizens in an attempt to encourage loyalty to the Union and to begin the process of reconstruction. The Confiscation Act of 1862 authorized the president of the United States to pardon anyone involved in the rebellion. The Amnesty Proclamation of December 8‚ 1863‚ offered pardons to those who had not held a Confederate civil office‚ had not mistreated Union prisoners‚ and would sign an
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The Ku Klux Klan‚ KKK‚ was a society who took lives based on their race. They terrorized blacks and tried to prevent Reconstruction efforts. The KKK was was a “white supremacist” organization that was founded in the year 1866‚ according to encyclopedia.com. This group was shared between 4 million people nationally. This society aimed their violent acts towards both white and black Republican leaders. Some examples would be bombing black schools and some churches‚ and extremely violent attacks against
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The Radical Republicans were a minority group of Republican congressmen whose Ideas differ from those of the Moderate Republicans and Conservative Republicans. Their political faction lasted from around 1854 to 1877. During the Civil War Radical Republicans‚ favored the enlistment of black troops and call for the emancipation of slavery. They opposed and criticized President Abraham Lincoln a Moderate Republican for not moving fast enough to abolish slavery and for his selection of military commanders
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Radical Republicans were very critical of Lincoln’s reconstruction plan. In 1862‚ radicals Benjamin Wade and Henry Winter Davis proposed a bill that argued that civil government should only be reestablished when half of the male white citizens took an oath of loyalty to the union. Lincoln refused to sign the bill‚ but it was passed in July of 1864. Radical Republicans also opposed the policies of President Andrew Johnson. They fought over reconstruction ideas and policies and the passing of Acts‚ such
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Retrieved from http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Cattle_drives.aspx Mitchell‚ P. B. (2013)‚ “Cooking for the cause.” Retrieved from http://www.civilwar.org/education/pdfs/civil-war-curriculum-food.pdf Nicely‚ B.J. (2011). What IF #5—How would have Reconstruction been different if Lincoln had not died on April 15‚ 1865? Retrieved from http://deeprunwildcats.org/nicely/?p=631 The American Civil War (2013). Retrieved from http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/ life_as_asoldier_during_the_civil_war.php
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Mr. Fair Ch. 17 & 18 Assignments Ch. 17: “Reconstruction‚ 1863-1877” Key topics: competing political plans for reconstructing the South; African American transition from slavery to freedom; political and social legacy of Reconstruction; post-Civil War economic and political transformations of the North. Assignment I: Read pages 568 to 579 (middle of page) 1. Complete the Reconstruction Plans chart. 2. What was Lincoln’s plan and how did it differ from
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The Phoenix Nation The Reconstruction Period in America was a very crucial time. The decisions made then would change America and help shape it into what it is today. It was‚ however‚ a rather difficult time. The United States was a broken‚ racist‚ and uncertain country. It had to learn how to stand on its own two feet again and unify itself. One very important thing during this time was the issue of racial equality. Frances E.W. Harper‚ in her novel Iola Leroy‚ introduced readers to the racial uplift
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In what ways Reconstruction both a success and a failure? Reconstruction result was a success in a way that the North and the South union to become The United State of America as well as African Americans received their freedom. Thirteen Amendment ended slavery for Black Southerners. There was around 4 millions slaves became freedmen in America. Freedmen now can not only have legal marriage but also receive “Families in freedom” which they could keep track of the family (GML‚ 549). Moreover‚ the
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