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    During the reconstruction era many people including African Americans and poor white men migrated from the North to the South in the search for jobs and opportunities. Depending on a person’s status‚ race or color‚ many were benefiting from the reconstruction and many were at the disadvantage. African Americans who were former slaves were at the disadvantages. They struggle because of Lincoln’s assassination‚ the KKK and the Black Codes. To start‚ when the thirteenth Amendment was passed on January

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    Document Analysis: “Reconstruction: Clashing Dreams and Realities‚ 1865-1868” The Civil War brought with it destruction in the South‚ over 600‚000 fatalities‚ economic devastation‚ and a nation hanging together by the thread of the hopes of those who believed that the nation of Washington would not “perish from the earth.” Those living in the losing side had to face the harsh realities that their lives would never be the same‚ both for the white slave owners and for the black‚ newly-liberated‚

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    During the 14th century‚ Europe was struck by an epidemic known as the Black Death. Although the exact origins of the Black Death remain disputed by historians‚ it is believed that the illness was brought to Sicily‚ Italy by a Genoese merchant ship coming from Crimea in 1347. The illness is then believed to have spread through the Mediterranean Basin‚ into France‚ then Spain‚ Germany and the remaining majority of Europe (Gottfried‚ 1983: 55-76). Prior to the arrival of the Black Death in Europe‚

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    US reconstruction was a success for former slaves‚ and a failure for former slave owners‚ other whites in the South‚ Northerners‚ Republicans and Democrats. US reconstruction period refers to 1863-1877 in American history‚ when slavery and the confederacy in the south were destroyed in order to resolve the remaining issues of the Civil War. Reconstruction was proposed separation of the southern states on how to return the federal‚ civil status Confederate leaders‚ as well as the legal status of

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    By 1866‚ several distinct positions on Reconstruction emerged. These were divided into three opposing camps: Conservatives (democrats)‚ Moderates‚ and Radicals. The Conservatives believed the South should be readmitted into the Union as soon as possible‚ but the Radicals and Moderates believed there should be consequences for succeeding. <br> <br>The question of what those consequences should be separated Radical from Moderate. The answer to this question was as related to how important each side

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    European culture‚ black people began their own period of finding themselves and accepting who they are. The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most significant periods for black people because it helped them gain reassurance of who they are and recreate the image European Americans created for them. The Harlem Renaissance lasted almost twenty years into the 1940s and coined the term “New Negro.” The New Negro was someone who was not scared to speak and act out against Jim Crow Laws as blacks in the past

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    Reconstruction means the-the rebuilt of something that was damaged or destroyed. During the Civil War‚ the United States was at a period where they were in the process of being reconstructed. In May of 1865‚ Andrew Johnson introduced his plans for reconstruction which reflected both Unionism and his belief in state rights. During his presidency‚ all the land was confiscated by the Union and distributed to the freed slaves by the army also known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. The reconstruction period

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    United States’ history. This time was known as the Reconstruction period and it was a very controversial time. There were many issues that had to be addressed such as what to do with the free blacks in the south and how states would be readmitted to the Union. This era saw the rise of the Radical Republicans. The government was going through changes‚ southerners were going through changes‚ and blacks were going through changes. Whites in the south were left without people to work their plantations.

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    Riham Elshazli Professor Clement Price Civil War and the Reconstruction 12/11/12 Historiography of the Reconstruction Era At a time when America was trying to piece itself back together‚ the Reconstruction Era is one of the most important chapters in history. It is also‚ however‚ one of the most debated. After the Civil War‚ the South was devastated and thousands of freed slaves needed to be integrated into society. When Andrew Johnson took office‚ he was moderate in his views as to what should

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    1302 Dr. Tom McKinney Discussion 13 The Reconstruction era was the point at which the South became part of the union again after the civil war had ended. This era in history holds many key events that helped give African American’s the rites they truly deserved which is why I believe it definitely necessary. However‚ this was a slow process of making them completely equal to whites in a sense that they were not completely free people. In fact‚ they were not allowed to vote‚ attend public schools

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