free” In 1863‚ the Emancipation Proclamation freed Confederate-owned slaves. Later‚ after the Civil War had concluded‚ the Thirteenth Amendment emancipated the entire populace of African American slaves across the United States. Furthermore‚ the Reconstruction that followed the Civil War worked to create social‚ political‚ and economic equality for both races. However‚ the South was opposed to working and living with African Americans‚ who they considered inferior to their own race. Therefore‚ the South
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At the close of the American Civil War in 1865‚ the United States’ government was faced with the tremendously difficult problem of re-integrating the Confederate States into the Union. Between 1865 and 1877 this problem was addressed by various forms of "Reconstruction‚" programs whose goals also included the rebuilding of the ravaged Southern economy‚ and the integration of freed slaves and other African Americans into citizenship and culture at large. Complicated by an incompetent president‚ corruption
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Reconstruction: America Rises Again The Reconstruction of America lasted twelve years‚ between 1865 and 1877. The most damage was in the South. One of the problems was starvation. Thousands of hundreds of slaves died of diseases and starvation after they were liberated . About 620‚000 men died of starvation‚ disease‚ accident or in combat during the Civil War. Because of how bad the sicknesses were twenty-five percent of four million freed slaves suffered from illness or died between
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" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press" -First Amendment‚ U.S. Constitution. According to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution‚ one of the basic principles our country is based on is the freedom of speech. Because of this‚ as eras and ages have passed in this still young and growing country‚ this amendment has had a greater use then stated‚ as to just insure a
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Reconstruction was a period of time after the Civil War when the government set conditions for the South to join the Union. Many changes came from this; some good‚ some bad. Some of these changes include new white supremacy groups being formed‚ the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the introduction of sharecropping. One of the social changes that came with Reconstruction was new white supremacy groups being formed. White supremacy groups were formed to enlist fear onto mainly Blacks. One
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Academic freedom is the belief that the freedom of inquiry by faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy as well as the principles of academia‚ and that scholars should have freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts (including those that are inconvenient to external political groups or to authorities) without being targeted for repression‚ job loss‚ or imprisonment. Academic freedom is a contested issue and‚ therefore‚ has limitations in practice. In the United States‚ for example
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Freedom of speech Freedom to speak freely without censorship is what we call freedom of speech. Restrictions on the freedom to speak are sometimes called censorship. In practice‚ the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations and restrictions. Our constitution does not define what it means by these rights. Perhaps one could rely on the definitions formulated in other jurisdictions. In addition‚ national laws of many countries‚
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portrayed a different explanation for why Reconstruction did not work out as planned by the United States Government. Thomas W. Wilson’s article reveals that the government preyed upon the South. Carter Woodson asserts that former slaves were not given a fair chance to make Reconstruction work‚ while Thomas Bailey blames the Radicals for pushing it on clueless‚ former slaves. Finally‚ Mary Beth Norton takes issue with the resistance of Reconstruction that the South held from the beginning. While
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IMPORTANTANCE OF FREEDOM Growing up I didn’t know what freedom meant‚ but I learned that it’s the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. “Freedom” was limited in my mother’s house. We used the term loosely. We really didn’t know what the word meant. We couldn’t do things that my mother didn’t approve of. And my siblings and I would always say “man we can’t do anything!” We couldn’t spend the night at anyone’s house‚ we couldn’t cook certain things‚ and
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liberty means anything at all‚ it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’ This sentence sums up the very essence of free speech; it is‚ as Orwell believed‚ the mother of all civil rights. Without the unconditional freedom to offend it cannot exist. Ideas are‚ more often than not‚ dangerous things. There is little point in having freedom of speech if it only defends the most popular and innocuous of opinions. The freedom to offend can perpetrate racial‚ social or religious intolerance;
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