The Reconstruction era of the United States was a time of relief for many. The civil war was finally over and slavery was abolished. Although the norths victory was very much a loss to the south. The thought of paying people for farm work or any kind of work at all was a devastating thought. This lead to radical groups such as the KKK which preyed on the lives of black people. This extreme group threaten the lives of many family’s that thought they were freed from the oppression. The reconstruction
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The Reconstruction Era lasted from 1865 until 1877 and during this time southern America was in shambles and trying to come to terms with the fact that they had lost the Civil War. To make matters even worse for the south‚ slavery was now abolished due to the thirteenth amendment that was ratified by December 1865 and made the south bankrupt. The thirteenth amendment along with many new laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was all a part of the North’s new goals. Northern America wanted to bring
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The Reconstruction Era began after the Civil War which ended in 1865. At this time Abraham Lincoln tried his best to restore the nation socially‚politically and economically. The nation was experiencing many changes which resulted in different failures and successes. The south had lost the war and ended up in bankruptcy. The war had left the south in ruins. The roads and farms were destroyed. Men lost their lives and struggled to fight for survival. The southern states had to be readmitted to the
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The Reconstruction Era was a period from 1863-1877 in which America went through three phases of reconstruction after the Civil War. In the early 1860’s the Civil War between the Union and Confederate‚ the war’s main cause were economic and racial reasons. After the end of the war‚ the reconstruction and unifying of the country started. During reconstruction there was a Presidential and Congressional reconstruction followed by a redemption period. The presidential reconstruction was the transition
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The Reconstruction era following the Civil War managed to accomplish various goals regarding the freed slaves‚ the south‚ and the nation. This positive growth‚ especially for the African Americans was brief. In the efforts to reconstruct the southern society and integrate the freedmen‚ the southern whites‚ who were previously prosperous began to feel betrayed and neglected. There were many grievances‚ such as arguing that the Freedman’s Bureau infringed their rights and wanting the Union to withdraw
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The biggest challenge of The Reconstruction Era was creating laws that would work to create equality‚ but laws aren’t always the answer in creating equality especially between whites and blacks. Although the 13th amendment had occurred and slaves were freed and given a "helping hand" to start a new‚ free life‚ that amendment did not help all that much. Later on the blacks were given The Freedmen’s Bureau to get help in resources and finding new opportunities‚ the bureau did try to do as much as
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I think that the whole reconstruction era went just the way it was supposed to. Just to think that something so small of a change could have rewritten history for bad or for good. I think that if lincoln could have carried out his plan then we would live in a completley different world then what we do today. I we have had enforced the laws as hard as we could have then the south could might as well of risen back up for another war. And what if we lost this time? We could might as well be living in
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responsibilities other than having education or careers. Even though the Reconstruction Amendments were considered to give African Americans freedom and citizenship‚ racism and sexism still continued. The National Woman Suffrage Association linked political rights to other causes‚ including inflammatory ones like free love‚ while the American Woman Suffrage Association kept the issue clear of "side issues”. The quote tells us that during this time when women were fighting for their rights‚ there was a lack
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“Education during Reconstruction” In the south before‚ during‚ and after the reconstruction was a time for educational growth. Many states were just beginning to provide public education. The education system at the time was a shadow of the system that we know today during this era. The civil war brought the separation of races but also families. To distract from this the Radical Republicans stressed education during the reconstruction to avert the attention of the people from the war and
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Reconstruction refers to the period‚ between 1865 and 1877‚ of rebuilding the United States both physically and mentally. It witnessed America’s first experiment in interracial democracy‚ of which the south did not like. The Reconstruction period was based around many issues of which the most important was what to do with the now freed slaves. The issues of readmitting the states of the Confederacy and what to do with Confederate leaders were just a couple of the many other issues faced during Reconstruction
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