Reconstruction: The Post War Era Lindsay Pone Professor Goldstein History 105 Strayer University 01/30/2013 Reconstruction: The Post Civil War Era Friday April 12‚ 1861‚ America embarked into war with its biggest adversary; America! The American Civil War broke out‚ and what was believed to be a quick battle by the North‚ turned out to be a long bloody four years and left the country devastated. President Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United
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Reconstruction was a very tumultuous time in American history. The civil war was over‚ the union emerging as the victor. The union’s defeat of the secessionist confederacy meant the complete abolition of slavery in America. This was a massive victory for African Americans‚ as it meant they now had the agency to live their lives as they pleased for the most part‚ enjoying freedom for the first time in their lives‚ unshackled from the institution of slavery that had kept them down for the entirety
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History Ch. 11-17 Study Guide 1. Why was Thomas Jefferson concerned with the purchase of Louisiana? How did its purchase affect the size of the nation? He was concerned because he didn’t believe in loose interpretation. The purchase was supposed to double the size. 2. Why was Jefferson’s Embargo Act considered a failure? Because the north started to lose a lot of money because there was no trade. 3. What were the effects
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3. How do we integrate and protect newly-emancipate black freedmen? 4. What branch of government should control the process of Reconstruction? Wartime Reconstruction President Lincoln’s 10% Plan - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (December 8‚1863) - Replace majority rule with “loyal rule” in the South - He didn’t consult Congress regarding Reconstruction - Pardon to all but the highest ranking military and civilian Confederate officers - When 10% of the voting population in the
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Samantha Barschow Ms. Werdmann Reconstruction Web Quest 4 January 2013 Part 1 1. Lincoln offered pardon to those in the South that pledged allegiance to the United States. When 10% of Southerners signed the allegiance‚ the Congress would then reinstate the South into the Union. 2. The opposition they faced was the Radical Republic. They wanted the majority of Southerners to sign the document and they wanted to put the South under military rule. 3. Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford’s
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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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United States started after the civil war in the age of reconstruction. That is when the United States decided to change how it worked as a nation. During reconstruction United States took many steps to reunite the nation that has helped for future generations. The reunification started with President Lincoln who was a radical republican who was the major key component of abolishing slavery. He was also the first president to start the reconstruction process of America. After President Lincoln’s assassination
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1. Reconstruction; Reconstruction refers to the period after the civil war. It was during this time that America was beginning to clean up from the war and rebuild the country. The north and south were finally coming back together‚ and that brought great changes to America. The ways of living before were different compared to what they were during and after the reconstruction. New laws and acts were being set in place to prevent another war from breaking out again and to maintain peace and justice
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Souths is Blinded by Hate After the civil war there was a constant dispute between the north and the south. The north believed that since the south joined the union they should help them reconstruct. Notherners no only wanted to help them reconstruct but also help the slaves to be free. That’s how the Reconstruction began. During Reconstruction the south was very displeased that the norther people were coming in to their terrirtory to help the blacks. Sotherners believed that the blacks did not
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1. Why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction is where the government try to reunite the Union states and Confederate states as one and help rebuild the Southern states. Lincoln proposed the ten percent plan where only ten percent of the population in the Southern states only had to take the oath to the Union‚ but the government rejected the plan and went the Congress’s plan. Their plans was over fifty percent of the population to take the oath‚ but Lincoln vetoed it. After Lincoln’s assassination
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