Reconstruction The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 gave approximately 4 million slaves their freedom‚ but the rebuilding of the South during the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) made a new set of significant challenges known. Under President Andrew Johnson’s administration in 1865 and 1866‚ new legislatures in southern states passed definitive “black codes” that controlled the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans. The North was furious over these codes that support
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1) How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic‚ social‚ and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete? With the abolition of slavery came different reactions. The Blacks who were freed were undoubtedly‚ grateful and extremely happy. With their freedom they began to search for other ways to feel more like a free person; for example they found their own names that were different from the ones given to them by their masters
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Tova Wax Mrs. Oakes History/Newton 9/9/2013 Radical Reconstruction I. Black Codes Anger Congress A. Rights and Restrictions 1. Black codes granted some rights. a. African Americans could marry legally b. African Americans could own some kind of property 2. Black Codes forbade freedmen from things like: a. The right to vote b. The right to own guns c. The right to serve on juries 3. The could work as servants or farm laborers‚ sometimes they had to sign
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19 September 2013 The Violence of Reconstruction Though the Civil War brought about an officially reunited country and the freedom of slaves‚ it set a precedent for our burgeoning country that social change happens quickly where blood is spilled. This violent state of mind paved the way for a reconstruction era that was largely detrimental to the progress of the United States as a nation‚ especially in the case of newly-freed African Americans. After the confederacy was disbanded‚ Black codes
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Spain‚ A failed industrial revolution? By the 1850s‚ Spain’s population was near 12‚500‚000 people; of which more than two thirds still worked and lived in the countryside. Meanwhile‚ the most powerful European countries like England or Germany were undergoing a series of political‚ economic and social changes known as the Industrial Revolution. This was propelled by their liberal ideas‚ engaged investors and ever-growing market. It created a new era in history‚ urban areas started to develop and
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The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877) was an attempt at enforcing social and economic equality‚ as well as rebuilding the United States after the attempted secession of the South. Although Slavery was abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment‚ and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments further established the equality of the freed blacks‚ their enforcement was very weak and Southerners were finding ways to twist the liberties that the former slaves were given. The failure of reconstruction was brought
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Why did the Reconstruction go South? The Reconstruction demolition of the South did not goes as planned; instead of striving forward everything went south. The North proceeded with their plan of making the slaves into freedman by complete destruction of the South. Well everything went according to the plan but they did not plan of what they would do with the freedmen. They did not think of what to do with the land that they had destroyed; this problem alone caused chaos to the North. Plus other
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Failures of the First and Second Reconstructions Some people say we’ve got a lot of malice some say its a lot of nerve. But‚ I say we won’t quit moving until we get what we deserve. We have been bucked and we have been conned. We have been treated bad‚ talked about as just bones. But just as it takes two eyes to eyes make a pair. Brother we won’t quit until we get our share. Say it loud- I’m Black and I’m Proud. James Brown The First and Second Reconstructions held out the great promise of
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Reconstruction The civil war is considered by many the most important war that our country has endured. During the 5 year Civil War‚ not only did 620‚000 men die‚ but our nation was left in ruins. It was necessary that our country be rebuilt from bottom up. Abraham Lincoln‚ said to be the brightest president of his time‚ had plans and ideas for reconstruction. Unfortunately‚ these plans were failed to be put in place due to the fact of his assassination on April 14‚ 1865. Throughout some of the
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In the early 20th century‚ a cartel of Dutch and English rubber barons had a stranglehold on the vast majority of the world’s supply of rubber. At that time the sole source of rubber was the South American tree Hevea brasiliensis‚ whose sap is natural latex. In the 1870s a gaggle of entrepreneurial smugglers had secreted a stash of wild rubber tree seeds out of the Amazon rain forest‚ which they used to establish sprawling plantations in East Asia. These smothered the output of Brazil‚ causing their
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