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    period of Reconstruction which lead to many changes in how the U.S. functioned. When slavery was abolished the now free African Americans had their freedom there was many repercussions in economic‚ political‚ and social areas within the country. For instance‚ African Americans were able to work in order to provide for themselves‚ black men earned the right to vote‚ and the government worked to help African Americans become self reliant. These changes continued into modern day as they were important

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    On April 8‚ 1864‚ the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was officially passed. It was the first of the three reconstruction amendments after the American Civil war‚ and it marked the end of the slavery in American. African Americans has finally reached their goal- freedom. What is freedom? As defined by Garrison Frazier‚ a spokesman of African Americans‚ freedom is “placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor‚ and take care of ourselves.” And the way to accomplish

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    woman’s search for her own free will to escape the chains of other people in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. In the continuing philosophical debate of free will versus determinism‚ the question arises as to whether or not free will exists. Do people really have the capability of making decisions on their own? OR Is life already determined‚ and whatever we do is (and always was) the only thing that we could have done at that time‚ conditions being what they were? Given the circumstances

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    Reconstruction and Race Relations Reconstruction and Race Relations The time period during the Reconstruction Era saw a lot of change to the lives of every American‚ from white southern power struggles to post-Reconstruction political and social climate change. Newly freed slaves sought to start a new life freed from the bonds of slavery‚ while Southern White hierarchy tried everything that they could to keep them chained to the local laws. Former slaves tried to move to

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    unscathed. Before the war ends‚ citizens elect Abraham Lincoln as president of the Union. September twenty-second of 1862‚ he issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln declares all black men who fight for the Confederacy free. Later‚ in 1863‚ he makes every slave in designated parts of the South free. Lincoln writes those included and not included as‚ “ARKANSAS‚ TEXAS‚ LOUISIANA -- except the Parishes of St. Bernard‚ Plcquemines‚ Jefferson‚ St. John‚ St. C[???]s‚ St. James‚ Ascension Assumption

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    Reconstruction in the 1800’s can have a lot of different meanings. For some the reconstruction was the rejoining of the two sides that fought in the civil war‚ the North and the South. For others in government it was the presidential reconstruction after the death of Lincoln. Most importantly for some reconstruction mean finally being a free man with right and who could vote and provide for his family. The African Americans were a big part of reconstruction‚ just being freed by the passing of the

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    Assignment 1: Reconstruction and Race Relations In partial fulfillment of the requirements for HIS105 1865‚ slavery was Abolished from the from the Thirteenth Amendment that was approved In January‚ Congress created The Bureau of Refugees‚ Freedmen‚ and Abandoned land also known as The Freedmen’s Bureau in March‚ this bureau was created to assist Southern blacks and whites in the transition from society based slavery to freedom from the south for one year. The resone for

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    Reconstruction did not successfully solve the problems caused by slavery and the Civil War because the slaves were still being tricked and the white people were discriminating against the African Americans. Slavery was a big issue in the United States. They took advantage of the African Americans during the Civil War. Lincoln believed that slavery was wrong and if he set the slaves free during the Civil War‚ then they would get a huge advantage and reach the end of the war with the Union’s victory

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    The Rescue For The People For the freed slaves during Reconstruction after the Civil War that lasted from 1861 until 1865‚ the Freedman’s Bureau provided many resources to promote the welfare of the freed slaves. Since the Freedman’s Bureau brought families back together‚ created educational opportunities for blacks‚ and used the church as a means of social integration‚ this shows that the Freedman’s Bureau thought that these three elements were important in order to integrate slaves back into

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    (farming) Social: Segregation Reconstruction was a twelve-year period (1865–1877) of rebuilding that followed the Civil War (1861–1865)‚ a conflict between the United States (the Union; states mostly located in the North) and states in the South (the Confederacy). The Confederacy took stand for their independence while the Union fought for the preservation of their region. Each conflicting side had their set goal in the Civil War. However‚ after the War and Reconstruction the South emerged to be profoundly

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