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- 11: Radical Reconstruction
- Radical Reconstruction I believe that the Radical Republican's Reconstruction was unsuccessful. First of all, under the Reconstruction, the South was divided into 5 military territories, which was placed under a general to oversee the new constitutions. Since the South was occupied by the military, the unionists, ...
- 12: Civil War - Radical Reconstruction
- Immediately following the Civil War the actions of Radical Republicans led to many changes in the South. Leading the way to Radical Reconstruction was Congressmen Charles Sumner and Thadeus Stevens. Their were many goals and motives the Radicals hoped to obtain. The first and main goal of the Radicals was to punish the ... protect, and help educate the freed slaves. With the exception of Tennessee, all Southern states refused to follow the 14th Amendment. To counteract the South’s actions, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867. This was a strong blow to the South. The act: put the South under military rule, dividing it into five military districts, each governed by a northern ... to be impeached. Johnson was tried for "high crimes and misdemeanors." Johnson was one vote from being removed from office when the Senate voted. By June 1868, under the Military Reconstruction Act, Congress had readmitted Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, to the Union. In many of these seven states, most of the governors, representatives and ...
- 13: Reconstruction
- Following the American Civil War came the Reconstruction Act. This is when the North helped rebuild the South from the total destruction which happened during the Civil War. Discussed below are three effects the Reconstruction Act had on the North and the South. First, the U.S. government enacted the 13th Amendment. This amendment freed all slaves. This, in a way , was good and bad ... Southern lifestyle in that all people would have an opportunity to learn. Being educated meant everyone would be smarter for the future. This definitely was a big part of the Reconstruction Act in the South. All of the events mentioned above were direct results of the act . Without them the Reconstruction Act would have been a total failure. They are ...
- 14: Reconstruction
- ... governments in the fallen Confederacy, reestablish normal relations between the North and South, and to instill a sense of national loyalty once again. What transpired was a unforgiving Congress whose reconstruction policies failed to aid the South in economic, political, and social progress. Instead, spiteful legislation which wasdesigned to seek revenge on the Confederacy limited the immediate possibility of a once ... which would provide funds for the social services needed to rebuild their economy after the war. As a result, too many white and black farmers still lived in poverty. During Reconstruction, the most glaring political consequence of the Radical Republican efforts was that a great majority of Southern whites sided with the Democratic party. Southerners saw the Republican party as the ... during their time as slaves. Because of the Radical Republicans in Congress during the post-war decade who were so determined that Southerners should pay a heavy penalty for secession, reconstruction was largely unsuccessful. It is quite possible that President Lincoln’s more lenient reconstruction plan would have brought more economic, political, and social results for Southern society in the ...
- 15: The Civil War
- The Civil War During both the civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods, there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation, as well as legislation such as the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renouncing of secession by the South marked a definite triumph for Nationalism. As well, the government was involved in altercations of its own. During reconstruction, the legislative and executive branches eventually came to blows over the use of power. The nation was being altered by forces which caused, and later repaired, a broken Union. The ... rights a "citizen" has. These generalities, and the abuses that went with them, prompted the adoption of the fifteenth amendment in 1870. The final major step towards democratic expansion during reconstruction, the fifteenth amendment granted " The right of citizens of the United States to vote," and that right, "shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition ...
- 16: The Civil War
- The Civil War During both the civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods, there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation, as well as legislation such as the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renouncing of secession by the South marked a definite triumph for Nationalism. As well, the government was involved in altercations of its own. During reconstruction, the legislative and executive branches eventually came to blows over the use of power. The nation was being altered by forces which caused, and later repaired, a broken Union. The ... rights a "citizen" has. These generalities, and the abuses that went with them, prompted the adoption of the fifteenth amendment in 1870. The final major step towards democratic expansion during reconstruction, the fifteenth amendment granted " The right of citizens of the United States to vote," and that right, "shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition ...
- 17: Civil War Reconstruction
- ... freed blacks were mainly focused on equality with white americans. Because of these conflicts in goals, the failure to bring complete equal rights to all newly freed blacks during the reconstruction of the 1860's and 70's was mainly due to the social war between the northern and southern white americans. When Lincoln was assassinated and Johnson took his place ... the KKK was stronger than ever, and our nation began 100 years of segregation between black and white citizens. In this, the failure to bring equal rights to blacks during reconstruction was proven.
- 18: Ulysses S. Grant
- ... evidence. The weakness of the reformers' charges, however, is in itself an insufficient explanation of the political environment of the Grant presidency. The crucial issue that remains to be explored--Reconstruction-- sheds light on the entire political situation. There was more to the reformers than civil service reform, just as there was more to Grant's supporters than patronage. In order ... the survival of Grant's enemies as a group specifically "focused on Grant himself and the new politics of the Gilded Age" was deeply intertwined with Grant's dedication to Reconstruction. "(Liberal reform had come to view Reconstruction as an expression of all the real and imagined evils of the Gilded Age," Historian Eric Foner asserted, and "the rise of (pro-Grant) Stalwarts did less to undermine ...
- 19: Text and Traditions: Work Requirement One Historical Reconstruction
- Text and Traditions: Work Requirement One Historical Reconstruction Major events in Jewish history to the first century AD 1250 BC Fall of Jerusalem to the Romans. 931 BC Divided Kingdoms. 721 BC Fall of Samaria. 587 BC Fall ...
- 20: Republicans! Unfavorable Acts Caused The Rise of The KKK
- ... the treasurer. The Klansmen adopt a uniform. The uniforms were white, long robes, White masks, And high pointed hats. ( Ingalls, Hoods 3 ) Adopted during 1866-67, the Republican party's Reconstruction program threatened to turn southern society upside down. The promise of equal rights for blacks flew in the face of the widely held opinion of the white Southerners that the ... belief had served to justify slavery, and it remained a major obstacle to uplifting blacks after the civil war. Indeed, Antiblack hatred drove some whites to extreme measures to resist Reconstruction. ( Ingalls, Hoods 6 ) The Republicans feared that barrings the blacks from politics would make the Democratics Party dominant again in the south and in congress. Congress divided the south into ... black men and freed slaves the right to vote, it became most affected. ( Meltzer, 23 ) With the republican party controlling state government, exconfederates began to take up arms to oppose Reconstruction. Intimidation and violence were increasingly used against blacks and their supporters in the Republican party. ( Ingalls, Hoods 11 ) These rampages of brutal acts were mostly the work of the ...
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