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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The United States had a Reconstruction Era after the Civil War. This was needed for the rebuilding of the United States. An exact date that this started would be 1865. The Reconstruction of America changed civilians in numberless ways. Different challenges arose as concepts for this plan came to mind. The North and the South battled over new ways of life they had to live to adapt to the Reconstruction plan. Republicans became stronger and freed people tried to reshape their lives as much as they
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Reconstruction: Fail or Succeed? Reconstruction failed due to Andrew Johnson‚ the Black Codes‚ and the Freedmen’s Bureau..Andrew Johnson’s‚ who was the father of the black codes‚ created policies and ideals that led to the black codes‚ KKK‚ sharecropping and the Compromise of 1877. Andrew Johnson supported white supremacy in the South and favored Southern political leaders who had aided the Confederacy once war had been declared. After the war‚ the Union needed to bring the South back into the
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The word “Reconstruction” is recognized in an American historical context as the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states after the civil war. However‚ this extend of time suffered a fluctuation of freedoms for African Americans in the southern region of the country. While slavery did not exist anymore‚ reconstruction ended up being fruitful just temporarily‚ and was basically nullified by the regressive pattern that took after the finish of Reconstruction in 1877. On this piece
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Reconstruction Acts (1867) divided the former Confederate states into five military districts‚ each under the control of the Union army. These acts also increased the requirements for gaining readmission to the Union and to do so‚ an ex-Confederate state had to ratify the 14th Amendment and place guarantees in its constitution for granting the right to vote to all adult males regardless of race. Lincoln set up a process for political Reconstruction‚ as in reconstructing the state governments in the
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failures of reconstruction After the civil war the south was in ruins. Since the north used the total war tactic the south was destroyed. Homes and infrastructure were destroyed‚ agriculture was blown up and destroyed‚ and disease was spreading everywhere‚ causing people to die from hunger‚ disease‚ and poverty. Post – civil war in the south for the African Americans were especially bad. Being that most African Americans were refugees‚ homeless‚ or separated from family due to slavery‚ were lost‚ not
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people think about how times were back in the 1350’s compared to now you would see the gratefulness in people’s everyday life. Life back in the 1350’s was rough‚ especially during the Black Plague. The plague was unexpected and happened in a days just to last for years‚ killing thousands of people with excruciating pain cutting the population of England and multiple other countries. We the people of the United States are lucky to be clean and free of deadly viruses. The Black Plague was one of the most
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Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ there was a period of time that lasted 12 years called Reconstruction (1866-1877). Reconstruction is the process of rebuilding something that is damaged or destroyed. Reconstruction helped other races‚ such as African Americans‚ become equal in a community of whites. During this period of time‚ there were multiple laws and amendments produced to help free enslaved African American. Some laws were against newly freed slaves‚ which denied the Africans things white
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The period of Reconstruction began immediately after the Civil War and ended in 1877. This era is known for the advancements made in favor of racial equality. These improvements included the fourteenth amendment‚ "this law guaranteed that federal and state laws would apply equally and unequivocally to both African Americans and whites" (civil-war.ws)‚ and the fifteenth amendment‚ which granted freedmen to vote. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern
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1. Reconstruction a. The purposes of Reconstruction were to bring the country back together‚ and economy that was strong and social and political footing. The Congressional Plans for Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South. The president‚ whom at the time was Abraham Lincoln‚ was running it. The congressional reconstruction supported the “forfeited-rights theory” and wanted revenge against the south. The Presidential Reconstruction
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