U.S. History 1865 to 1945 Worksheet Matrices Using the information from your textbook and classroom discussion complete the following matrices. 1. Era of Reconstruction Matrix While completing the Matrix‚ contrast presidential reconstruction plans with congressional reconstruction. Note key people‚ major dates‚ policies‚ and outcomes for the New South. If necessary‚ additional rows may be added to the matrix. Plan Key People Dates Policies Outcomes Lincoln’s 10%Plan Abraham Lincoln Andrew
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privilege is shown today through education‚ employment‚ criminal justice‚ housing‚ and more‚ which all have roots leading back to the Reconstruction Era. White privilege is the privilege of getting advantages just because you’re white‚ even if you don’t deserve it. Bias towards white people allows them more opportunities and experiences than other races. During the Reconstruction Era‚ Jim Crow laws were holding back African Americans from accessing land and getting the same education as white kids‚ white
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Analysis of the Three Plans for Reconstruction The American Civil War‚ lasting from 1861-1865‚ was the most severe military conflict the country had seen; it involved the United States of America (the Union)‚ and eleven secessionist Southern states (the Confederate States of America). The war was the upshot of decades worth of political‚ social‚ and economic conflict between the agricultural South‚ which produced mainly cash crops such as cotton‚ tobacco‚ and sugarcane‚ and the industrial North
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Reconstruction has changed the United States tremendously‚ the historic period was a period after the Civil War. It was the effort to unite African Americans and whites‚ establish privileges to former slaves‚ and establish citizenship to African Americans as well. However‚ the Reconstruction Act was a triumph as it created new Amendments and new constitutions for confederate states. It came to an end which brought about different issues‚ for example‚ segregation and Jim Crow Laws were in full effect
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In The New View of Reconstruction‚ Eric Foner says that even though Reconstruction failed to meet the goals of Radical Republicans‚ painlessly rebuild the South‚ and give the freed blacks complete rights and opportunities‚ Reconstruction did give African Americans some new chances and a brief taste of a free society. Political‚ social‚ and economic progress was made by blacks through the 14th and 15th amendments. Good things came out of the chaotic period of Reconstruction. The South actually was
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In the year 1865‚ marks the end of the civil war with a victory to the North and granted freedom to some 4 million slaves but also marked the start of reconstruction. It was a process to put the pieces that were broken during the war back together. However‚ this wasn’t an easy task‚ for there were a lot of uprising challenges. In order to repair the nation there has to be a strong bond between the South accepting to be in the union and for freedmen to have rights but due to fear from the North who
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At the close of the American Civil War in 1865‚ the United States’ government was faced with the tremendously difficult problem of re-integrating the Confederate States into the Union. Between 1865 and 1877 this problem was addressed by various forms of "Reconstruction‚" programs whose goals also included the rebuilding of the ravaged Southern economy‚ and the integration of freed slaves and other African Americans into citizenship and culture at large. Complicated by an incompetent president‚ corruption
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Reconstruction was a success because of what it did to get to where America is now. Without reconstruction‚ the USA could still be partially divided and there would still be Confederate beliefs‚ there are still some of that today but it’s completely unnormalized and looked down on. Important parts of Reconstruction the Union did to get where we are today are the amendments‚ our economic steps‚ and how they progressed America’s education system. Although Reconstruction was a success there were a few
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The reconstruction era was an era of rebuilding after the civil war. The united states handled the success of the reconstruction era in a variety of ways from well (political) to poorly (social) The social equality for freed slaves was a major point in the reconstruction. The political freedom of the former slaves was one of the best handled points of the reconstruction. When the thirteenth amendment was passed it stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist in the United
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Slaves- The role of the Reconstruction was very important to the former slaves that had been held in the South. Promises of freedoms were soon realized to be false hopes. The freedpeople of the South were large placed into situations where they were little more than slaves. They were still considered inferior‚ and faced persecution when they tried to exercise their rights. The Southern Whites- The economy of the South had largely existed on slave labor. Reconstruction saw slavery end in the South
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