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    shall have a new birth of freedom.” -President Abraham Lincoln‚ Gettysburg Address‚ 1863. On 1861‚ the wager of the Union taking back her fellowship commenced. Eventually‚ after 4 years‚ 1865‚ the United States managed to remain united. With the Reconstruction Plan‚ states try to support each other rebuild their strength. With everyone continuing their alliance‚ everything was peaceful; it seems everything was back to what it was. Or was it? Did the plan‚ proposed

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    taken were to readmit the former confederate states and allow for the building of the southern economy and society. In a word this was reconstruction; putting back the shattered fragments of the union. Ultimately‚ reconstruction failed and the reasons for this failure are numerous. They include widespread corruption‚ white supremacy being allowed to dominate the south‚ entrenched racist ideology‚ the passing of harsh laws against blacks‚ the fact that institutions assisting the reconstruction were

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    WHAT I DO DURING MY FREE TIME        There are 3 things that I usually do during my free time and that is blogging‚ reading story books and singing. These 3 things are what I mostly prefer to do and what I mostly love to do to fill up my spare time.          I usually update my blog during my free time. I’m currently managing 4 blogs of my own and one of my class blog which in totals to 5 blogs and this is also why I’m known as a super blogger amongst my friends . My blogs consist of fashion

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    The free land is not free The author of “In the Land of Free”‚ Edith Maud Eaton‚ with pen name Sui Sin Far‚ was not a direct immigrant from Asia to the United States‚ but she portrayed the harsh treatment Asian immigrants faced upon entering in the U.S. in the late 1800s.  Sui Sin Far‚ working as a journalist for Fly Lea‚ had exposed the extreme injustice done to Asian Americans in U.S. while she was living on the west coast of the United States. In addition‚ Sui Sin Far’s narration throughout “The

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    the murders they have taken part in. The play culminates with both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth dying‚ showing that evil actions have their consequences. However‚ though both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were responsible for evil in the play‚ the witches (who told Macbeth that he would be king one day) were the ones who initially planted the seed of ambition and violence inside Macbeth. The witches are most responsible for the evil in Macbeth due to the fact that Macbeth would not have committed the murders

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    Reconstruction was a missed opportunity regarding efforts to help ex-slaves that resulted in chaos‚ economic loss‚ and social isolation to the South. First‚ Reconstruction was a lost hope because instead of restoring law and order and reconciliation‚ the South became a land of chaos due to lawlessness. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)‚ a white-supremacist organization‚ brought terror to the south as members of the organization used violence as their weapon to bring about the collapse of the Reconstruction

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    malice towards none”‚ were Lincoln’s words and his vision of the path of Reconstruction. After the bloody defeat of the rebellious Southern states in the Civil War‚ America needed peaceful reconciliation and reconstruction. What was intended to be a painless‚ effortless plan turned into another irrelevant conflict that ended up a failure. Although‚ the southern reaction to northern rule was a factor that lead its to failure‚ northern political factors also killed Reconstruction. Initially‚ southern

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    Reconstruction was a period from 1865 to 1877 in which national laws‚ including the United States’ Constitution‚ were rewritten to guarantee rights to former slaves. This era‚ however‚ failed to reach its goal of allowing freed slaves to gain economic and social mobility. White supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan created a dangerous environment for African Americans to thrive in. For instance‚ Harper’s Weekly magazine wrote‚ “If a colored man ventures to tell of some frightful assassination…he

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    Kristin Waters Crime Scene Reconstruction ENC 1102-154 Reconstructing a crime scene takes a lot of effort from experienced law enforcement‚ medical examiners‚ and criminalists. All of these professionals give unique perspectives to develop a crime-scene reconstruction. Forensic scientists also play a vital role in helping to reconstruct the crime scene. They use the crime-scene reconstruction to show events that occurred prior to‚ during‚ and after a crime was committed. (Saferstein‚ 2009)

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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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