Megan Kight US History before 1877 Mid-Term 1. Henry the Navigator was the prince/king of Portugal. His mother convinces him to take over Portugal. He starts with Morocco. He decided to invest in the University. He studies sailing. People are now attracted to learn about sailing as well. He goes to Portugal‚ and makes his way down to Africa. He learns longitude. Two merchants go to Ethiopia to find Prestor John. They run across Muslim merchants that tell them they can get around Africa
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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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The three major phases of Reconstruction were Wartime Reconstruction which took place from 1861-1865‚ Presidential Reconstruction from 1865-1867‚ and Congressional or Radical Reconstruction which took place between 1867-1877. During these periods‚ the war was still underway and President Lincoln felt the need to build up the south with a resilient Republican party to bring an end to the animosity caused by war. He worked to insure that the state approved the Thirteenth Amendment and abolish slavery
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life. With Slavery no more and a Southern society in ruins more changes had to be made in the Reconstruction revolution. After Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans for reconstruction failed‚ the Republicans who now controlled congress took the reigns. Socially there was the large issue of all these freedmen with nowhere to go‚ who are now demanding equality. In a petition written just after the war in 1865 from African Americans to the Tennessee Convention the blacks say‚ "If we are called to military
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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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most did not even have family. Though out reconstruction‚ blacks were able to gain rights‚ but were continuously repressed by the white Southerners. The only way to truly enfranchise the former slaves was by effectively disenfranchising their former masters. The reign the masters had over their former slaves disabled the slaves from trying to fulfill their lives as equal American citizens. In most cases‚ the blacks of American were granted certain freedoms and then were taken away or oppressed by
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proved false. Some people may believe that the main reason why the congress’ reconstruction efforts to ensure equal rights to the freedmen failed was because virtually no one in America thought blacks were equal to whites. Basically it was because people still have racial thoughts; slaves didn’t get to fully acquire the meaning and prerogatives of their rights; in other words they were uneducated. Also during the reconstruction multiple deals were made in order to make things go by in certain parties
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The Agony of Reconstruction Ch. 16 (499-510) I. Issue—Most important post-war issue was the future of the freedmen A. Blacks sought the rights to vote and hold political office B. Results in intense and unparallel political conflicts at the national level II. Political crisis A. Minimal Reconstruction and supporters B. Radical Reconstruction and supporters C. Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty & Reconstruction (Dec. 1863) 1. Proclamation of amnesty
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In 1877‚ Thomas Edison invented the phonograph (The Phonograph). It took the ribbon as the first invention with the ability to not only record sound‚ but play it back. Not long after‚ phonographs could play cylinder-shaped records and progressed to playing
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APUSH Essay Question: To what extent did changes in popular culture‚ such as the growth of the popular press and increased leisure time and sports activities‚ reflect the changes in American society from 1865 to 1900? Changes in popular culture‚ such as the growth of the popular press and increased leisure time and sports activities‚ reflect the changes in American society from 1865 to 1900. Between 1865 and 1900‚ American industry workers experienced both good and
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