Freedom means Nothing After the Civil War‚ America was going through a “Reconstruction” period. African Americans were free now but they had to adjust to a new way of living. Because many people did not accept the abolishment of slavery‚ it was difficult for African Americans to be free. During the reconstruction era‚ African Americans were free by law‚ but no resources and racism kept African Americans in slavery. African Americans were still slaves because it was difficult for African Americans
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Who killed reconstruction?Why did they kill reconstruction?South or North?It is definitely a topic that is important in American history.Reconstruction is a an era after the Civil War when the south was absolutely destroyed‚getting the economy back up‚and seeing what to with the “Freedmen”.Since most of the war was mostly fought in the south‚the entire south was burned down‚all the buildings or houses had bullet holes or cannon shots in them‚which was all part of the reconstruction.There were all
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History 2301-SA01 – United States History to 1877 Instructor: 18 July 2011 Pre and Post Reconstruction Period – Politics‚ Economic and Social Effects This research paper is intended to explain in general terms some of the political‚ economics and social effects America dealt with during the Pre and Post Reconstruction Period. During the last years of the Civil War‚ as Union forces moved closer to victory and millions of former slaves became free‚ Americans began to think about
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Americans perceived‚ Southerners viewed the war as an episode of their journey to salvation. Southern lands may have been destroyed and depleted‚ but the South was persistent that their racial order would not be disrupted. To most‚ the goals of the Reconstruction era were to fully restore the Union‚ and to some‚ grant emancipation and liberty to former slaves. Although the newly freedmen gained various rights and liberties‚ their naïve dreams of complete equality and liberation collapsed due to the immense
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and differences between the Wartime‚ Presidential‚ and Congressional Reconstruction. Each had a purpose and plan. There was a major difference between the Republican President and Republican Congress that caused many conflicts. The Wartime Reconstruction actually started during the war. Lincoln in the beginning wanted settlement of blacks in countries or something known as repatriation. A major part of this Wartime Reconstruction was the Proclamation of Amnesty. What this did was offer a Presidential
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of the once-United States‚ the massive slaughter of innocent lives‚ and the abolition of the inhumane slavery in U.S.‚ America tried to stand up once again from its fall and to rebuild itself as it approached the decade of 1870’s‚ making this Reconstruction period a truly indispensable part of U.S History (debold). An event like The Panic of 1873 and the settlement of the West help expansion and industrialization of U.S. territories. Furthermore‚ during this decade‚ inventions led the path to a more
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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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During the reconstruction period a huge change shifted in the south and that was the freeing of the African American slaves. Of course they slave owners didn’t agree with this decision so after the reconstruction period the angry white southerners who had power in the south before the civil war slowly gained their power back. Once of the things to take place was the denying blacks the right to vote by harder for them to be eligible. The whites decided to create literacy test since it was clear that
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deciding who would direct the Reconstruction process. The South was economically devastated and socially revolutionized by emancipation. As slave owners reluctantly confronted the end of slave labor‚ blacks took their first steps in freedom. Black churches and freedmen’s schools helped the former slaves begin to shape their own destiny. The new President Andrew Johnson was politically inept and personally contentious‚ and attempted to implement a moderate plan of Reconstruction‚ along the lines originally
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Plan for Reconstruction President Johnson and the Radical Republicans both came up with plans of how to reconstruct America after the Civil War. President Johnson was more lenient toward the Southerners because of his background. His plan did not include harsh punishments. The Radical Republicans plans were strict and imposed cruel new laws for the betrayal of the Confederate states. The views from each are completely opposite when concerning Freemen. My plan for reconstruction is an "A+"
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