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    The Civil War and the period of Reconstruction brought great social‚ political‚ and economic changes to American society. The Ku Klux Klan‚ the black codes‚ and tenant farming all effected the United States in different ways. The effects of these changes continued into the 20th century. After the Civil War‚ Lincoln’s main goal was to heal the United States. Our country went through a very long and difficult war for four years. The tension was high between the North and the South now more then

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    Reconstruction Rebecca Howard University of Phoenix #1 I found that I had mixed feelings as to if the Reconstruction was a splendid failure or not so I did some research. The Reconstruction is surrounded by controversy. Eric Froner asserts that the Reconstruction did not achieve the radical goals that were hoped for but the Reconstruction did offer African Americans in the south a vison of a free society even if only temporarily. Historians have categorized the Reconstruction as a total failure

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    of the Civil War of 1865-1877‚ Reconstruction took place. The reconstruction began after the North had won its victory against the South. It was a process of readmitting Southern states into the southern union. During this period there was a controversy because of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination however‚ Johnson replaced his position as president. African Americans suffered they lived through being treated with no justice and treated harshly. African Americans were evicted from their homes and had

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    the war ended. In December 1863‚ President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to help expedite united the Nation again. However‚ radical Congressional Republicans believed that Congress was responsible for setting the terms of unifying the nation. Radical Republicans thought the president’s plan was too lenient and did not include protection for former slaves. The reconstruction of the South would be a long and drawn out. President Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” allowed

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    "South"). The states that remained in the Union were known as the "Union" or the "North". The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. Foreign powers did not intervene. After four years of bloody combat that left over 600‚000 soldiers dead and destroyed much of the South’s infrastructure‚ the Confederacy collapsed‚ slavery was abolished‚ and the difficult Reconstruction process of restoring national unity and guaranteeing

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    There are many different feminist viewpoints‚ but the most prominent ones are Radical and Liberal. Radical feminists believe that the root cause of inequality in society is the oppression of women‚ which is caused by patriarchy‚ or male dominance. On the other hand‚ Liberal feminists believe that all genders are created as equals and should be treated the same. They state that oppression only exists because of the way men and women are socialized‚ and they support patriarchy. The two articles chosen

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    deserved. A mass amount of lives were lost leading up to the Union victory which set millions of slaves free. The south was in ruins after they fought a defensive war and Reconstruction was introduced. With Lincoln in charge‚ many people looked forward to the future after the long Civil War. The first step was encouraging people to abandon the Confederacy and to come back into the union. This is where the complications started to be revealed. During the reconstruction period‚ the freedmen had big hopes

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    M.N. Roy – Principles of Radical Humanism M.N. Roy was a national revolutionary and a man devoted to the cause of Indian national freedom‚ though his approach was very different and his method of struggle quite untraditional. He was sufficiently under the influence of Communism and basically adhered to that philosophy though he differed from Marx in details. He developed his own philosophy which he called Radical Humanism and for which he wanted to have an independent nature and character. Basic

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    RECONSTRUCTION: WHO WON THE PEACE? The North may have won the war‚ but they did a horrible job in trying to win the peace. The south had their new form of slavery‚ which was contained in the "Black Codes"; laws passed throughout the South that laid heavy restrictions on what‚ who‚ and where African-Americans could be. President Johnson saw that the only way to get the freedmen as subordinates again was to let the south back in he started signing pardons so fast that they had to assign an office

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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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