How Free Were Free Blacks in the North? If blacks were free how come they can’t choose who to eat dinner with? In 1860 there were 476‚000 free blacks and there were 471‚000 total slaves. There should be more free blacks than slaves. Free Blacks weren’t really free. Free blacks had to eat‚ go to church‚ and work separately. Free blacks weren’t free because they couldn’t vote. Most states did not let blacks to vote which was unfair. Over half of the states did not allow voting for blacks (Doc A chart)
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In 1860‚ the North was not the place to be if you were an African American. In 1860‚ there was a lot of “free blacks” in the Northern states‚ but were they actually free?‚ they couldn’t eat at restaurants‚ shop in markets or stores‚ or even have basic jobs. Free blacks were not free at all in the North. They had no rights‚ no political freedom‚ and they couldn’t work a job. Free blacks could not eat at restaurants‚ shop in stores‚ work jobs‚ or even buy land. They had no political freedom either
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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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1. What issues most concerned black political leaders during Reconstruction? Answer: Black leaders were eager to increase literacy and promote education among black people. Republicans created statewide systems of public education throughout the South. 2. What did black political leaders accomplish and fail to accomplish during Reconstruction? What contributed to there successes and failures? Answer: During the decade known as Radical Reconstruction (1867-77)‚ Congress granted African American
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question of black representation among the government was addressed immediately. However the issue was under jurisdiction of President Andrew Johnson‚ who was a Southerner and also thought that African Americans shouldn’t have a role in Reconstruction‚ American Historian‚ Robert Cruden said of Johnson‚ "His Jacksonian philosophy had perhaps an even greater flaw in view of the problems he confronted: it had some place for the Negro as a free man‚ but it had none for him as an equal"1. During the Presidential
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C21 January 23‚ 2013 Black Americans Following the Civil War Southern black Americans faced many challenges following the Civil War. Although several major improvements were made‚ life for blacks in the South was far from perfect. This process of hoping to rebuild the war-torn South is known as the Reconstruction Era. There were many policies implemented during this time with the intentions of helping freed slaves. Initially Reconstruction looked good for blacks‚ as they were finally freed from slavery
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The Reconstruction period has been one of the most challenging and controversial periods of the United States history‚ which led to substantial changes in social‚ economical‚ and political aspects of life of the US citizens. It has influenced every stratum of society‚ but African Americans were the group that was affected the most. There were many issues and concerns that African Americans were facing after the Civil War. Under slavery‚ most blacks lived separated from their relatives‚ so being
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Reconstruction was a period of time after the Civil War when the government set conditions for the South to join the Union. Many changes came from this; some good‚ some bad. Some of these changes include new white supremacy groups being formed‚ the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the introduction of sharecropping. One of the social changes that came with Reconstruction was new white supremacy groups being formed. White supremacy groups were formed to enlist fear onto mainly Blacks. One
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through the reconstruction era‚ imperialism‚ and continuing on until today‚ and Christianity was there responding and reacting to the culture at every stage.
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Many people don’t realize that after the Civil War‚ another war was fought during Reconstruction‚ a “Cold War” regarding the rights of the freedmen. Following the Civil War‚ the slaves were set free in a conflicted world where people couldn’t decide on their fate; they were caught in the crossfire between Congress and the civilians on the amount of rights they could have. The Congress‚ wishing to grant the freed slaves rights‚ failed to ensure the rights to the freedmen because of many reasons.
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