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- 21: A Gold Rush Leads To War
- The American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Reconstruction period that followed were the bloodiest chapters of American history to date. Brother fought brother as the population was split along sectional lines. The issue of slavery divided the nation ... unsigned for ten days, whereafter the bill became invalid. This angered the "Radical Republicans" who wished to take revenge on the south for their atrocities, but allowed for the light Reconstruction policy which would eventually take effect at war's end. Meanwhile, Union generals Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman were making a name for themselves fighting the rebels. With ... conspired with him were executed. Seemingly before Lincoln was cold in his grave, the radical Republicans tried to gain support of his successor, Andrew Johnson. However, Johnson's policies on Reconstruction were more similar to the ten-percent plan imposed by Lincoln than the strict laws proposed by the radicals in Congress. One issue both parties did agree on, however, ...
- 22: Rutherford Hayes
- ... should have one of the most controversial elections and presidencies ever. Considering Hayes honorable principles, it came as a surprise to see how he could unknowingly make a decision about reconstruction where its effects were so blatantly derogatory to the cause he was trying to help. The controversy began when he was merely running for office. Hayes was running against Democrat ... made a secret deal with Democrats in congress, who agreed not to dispute the Hayes victory in exchange for a promise to withdraw federal troops from the south and end reconstruction . Hayes made good on the deal. He swiftly ended Reconstruction and pulled federal troops out of the last two occupied states, South Carolina and Louisiana . During the brief period of radical reconstruction the negro enjoyed both civil and political ...
- 23: Rutherford B. Hayes
- ... should have one of the most controversial elections and presidencies ever. Considering Hayes’ honorable principles, it came as a surprise to see how he could unknowingly make a decision about reconstruction where its effects were so blatantly derogatory to the cause he was trying to help. The controversy began when he was merely running for office. Hayes was running against Democrat ... made a secret deal with Democrats in congress, who agreed not to dispute the Hayes victory in exchange for a promise to withdraw federal troops from the south and end reconstruction . Hayes made good on the deal. He swiftly ended Reconstruction and pulled federal troops out of the last two occupied states, South Carolina and Louisiana . During the brief period of radical reconstruction the negro enjoyed both civil and political ...
- 24: Expansion Of Government Power
- Expansion of Government Power During the Civil War and Reconstruction Contrary to what I believed in the past, the United States federal government retained and expanded their power and authority during the years of the Civil war along with the period of Reconstruction. Through drafts and monitored elections, they exercised this power during the Civil War. Then, as Reconstruction began, they initiated other methods of increasing their authority over the citizens. Military was placed in Southern states, by the federal government, in order to keep control over the ...
- 25: Reconstuction
- Reconstuction Author: Katie Layton The reconstruction period was a time of recovery for the country as a whole. To heal the deep wounds of the civil war. The loss of cities, towns, homes, and family members ... left as their houses. The whole country was a shambles and everyone agreed on one thing - it was time to start the healing and recovery of a nation. But the reconstruction period wasn’t just about healing. It was a new beginning. For the north, for the south, for everyone a new start. Yet, it was the most important new start ... be able to earn their own money now….. or would they? At least they would be given equality …. Wouldn’t they? The answer to these questions is simply no. The "reconstruction", the "new beginning", may all have been true. It was a "new beginning" wasn’t it? Yes, it was, but was it a good one? The answer to that ...
- 26: Kristallnacht
- ... and hoods to intimidate their much hated counterparts, the Blacks. The Ku Klux Klan has gone through an evolution over the course of time and it has endured four phases; Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movements, revival after World War II, and present day activity. The first evidence of the Ku Klux Klan was during Reconstruction. The Klan began as a prankish organization that targeted Blacks and Republicans. The first Klan was a secret society established in the Southern states during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. It was founded at Pulaski, Tennessee in the fall of 1865 as a social club. The sudden attempt at enfranchisement of blacks, by passage ...
- 27: Abraham Lincoln 3
- ... charity for all," he looked beyond the end of the war toward binding up the nation's wounds, so as to "achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace." Reconstruction From the start of the Civil War, Lincoln was deeply concerned about the terms under which the Southern states, once subdued, should be restored to the Union. He had no fixed plan for reconstruction. At the outset, he would have welcomed a simple decision on the part of any Southern state government to rescind its ordinance of secession and return its delegation to Congress ... terms for restoration in the far harsher Wade-Davis Bill. When Lincoln pocket-vetoed this measure, declaring that he was "unprepared to be inflexibly committed to any single plan of reconstruction," Radicals accused him of "dictatorial usurpation." The stage was set for further conflict over reconstruction when Congress reassembled in December 1864, just after Lincoln's reelection. Assisted by the ...
- 28: What Life Was Like Before The Civil Rights Movement And What More Needs To Change
- ... in 1955 and is hopefully producing a big victory with the proposed Voting Rights Act. The civil rights movement is the Black Freedom Movement, the Negro Revolution, and the Second Reconstruction! Segregation Segregation has been an attempt by white Southerners to separate the races in all parts of life and to have supremacy over blacks. Segregation is called the Jim Crow ... show character from the 1830s who was an old, crippled, black slave who stood for negative stereotypes of blacks. Segregation has become common in Southern states following the end of Reconstruction in 1877. During Reconstruction, republican governments in the Southern states were run by blacks, Northerners, and some Southerners. The Reconstruction governments had passed laws to help blacks get economic and political opportunities. By ...
- 29: For the White Man, Of the White Man, and By the White Man
- ... black slaves. The black people had many struggles to freedom which helped shape our American culture today. Three different periods characterized there struggles: the slaves before the Civil War, during Reconstruction, and during the civil rights movements. These three eras mark a pivotal point in the movement and advancement of the black race to social equality. During the time before the ... and maintain the freedom of said persons."(Primus 554). The Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln wrote was a large step towards the equality of black men and women. It spurred the Reconstruction era that was so vital to black rights movement. The Reconstruction period brought new laws, giving black people the right to own land, and black men the right to vote. "The right of citizens of the of the United States ...
- 30: Abraham Lincoln
- ... to maintain friendly relations with the nations of Europe, used the Emancipation Proclamation to win friends for the Union, and effectively countered Confederate efforts to gain foreign recognition. Reelection and Reconstruction In 1864 a number of disgruntled Republicans sought to prevent Lincoln's renomination. Adroitly outmaneuvering his opponents, especially the ambitious Chase, he succeeded in obtaining his party's endorsement at ... of the conservative Blair, reunited the party, and in November 1864 Lincoln was triumphantly reelected. The president's success at the polls enabled him to seek to establish his own Reconstruction policies. To blunt conservative criticism, he met with leading Confederates at Hampton Roads, Virginia, and demonstrated the impossibility of a negotiated peace. The radicals, however, were also dissatisfied. Because of ... of Louisiana, which he had organized. In addition, after the fall of Richmond, he alarmed his critics by inviting the Confederate legislature of Virginia to repeal the secession ordinance. His Reconstruction policies, however, had been determined by military necessity. As soon as the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, Lincoln withdrew the invitation to the Virginians. ...
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