Kenneth M. Stampp and Eric Foner both agree to disagree on the outcomes‚ purposes and causes of reconstruction. Kenneth Stampp‚ in the article‚ “The Era of Reconstruction 1865- 1877‚” explains how the radical effort to establish and protect Negro civil and political rights had failed but also that in the “long run” it didn’t‚ therefore agreeing that the reconstruction was a success. He explains how the emancipation of the blacks was more than just a gesture and that getting the 14th and 15th amendment
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The Reconstruction of the south was not a complete failure‚ but it took to long for America to bring social and economic equality of opportunity to the former slaves. The first plan of attempt was by President Lincoln‚ called the 10% plan. It allowed a state to be apart of the Union when ten percent of its voters in the election 1860 had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States and pledged to abide by emancipation. Soon after Lincoln’s assassination President Johnson was sworn into office
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African Americans: The Loss and Gain of Freedom(1865-1900) The Civil War ended on April 9‚ 1865. The period known after the war was called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction (also called Radical Reconstruction)‚ the South was in economic‚ political‚ and social trouble. In 1865 Congress established the Bureau of Refugees‚ Freedmen‚ and Abandoned Lands. This became known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. It was a bureau ran by the United States Army‚ with several field
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Part One. Reconstruction During the American Civil War‚ the Radical Republicans were a branch of the Republican party that believed in same political rights for blacks and whites and that Confederate leaders should be punished for their crimes. Their main goals were “voting rights for African American men as well as the redistribution of southern plantation lands to free slaves.” Thaddeus Stevens‚ a Radical Republican‚ said “We must “revolutionize Southern institutions‚ habits‚ and manners.”
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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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Reconstruction after the Civil War was a time of resolving conflicts between the North and the South. The South had recently been demolished by the end of the war leaving social‚ political‚ and economic problems to be solved. One of the more significant problems being the struggling battle to remove slavery and instituting equality and justice for African Americans. At the time‚ the American people needed a president who was able to move forward from all the causes of the Civil War. In fact‚ a president
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popular vote 4‚034‚311. Even though Tilden had won with the popular vote‚ Hayes was still elected as the new president of 1876. Unlike any other election‚ the two parties had decided to elect him by making a deal called the Compromise of 1877. The Compromise of 1877 was a deal made by the Republicans and the Democrats. The deal was that the Democrats would agree to give Hayes the victory in the presidential election he had not clearly won. In return‚ the new president agreed to remove the remaining
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1865 to 1900 Identify at least (2) two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. Death of Lincoln in 1865. Lincoln’s death changed the course of the country trying to rebuild after the Civil War. President Andrew Johnson was not popular and could not convince Congress especially the southerners to go along with him. Lincoln had a plan to build up the South and end the hate. He ordered amnesty and that the south be rebuilt. He pardoned‚ with a few exceptions
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Freedom Summer comparisons with Era of Reconstruction With the end of the Civil war‚ many blacks felt that they would start reaping the benefits that had been denied from them for years. Being able to vote‚ own land‚ have a voice in political affairs were all goals that they felt were reachable. The era of Reconstruction was the "miracle" they had been searching for. But the South wasn’t going down without a fight and blacks would have to wait at least 100 years for Freedom Summer to arrive
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Evaluate the gains made by the blacks during Reconstruction Reconstruction was during the period of 1865 to 1877‚ where attempts were made to solve the injustices of slavery and its political‚ social and economic legacy and solving the problems that would arise because of the readmission of the eleven states into the Union and has been long portrayed by many historians as a time when vindictive Radical Republicans fastened black supremacy upon the defeated confederacy. Some gains were made by
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