American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 in the United States of America after seven Southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The states that remained in the Union were known as the "Union" or the "North". The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. Foreign powers did not intervene
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The period after the Civil War in the late 19th century is most commonly known as the period of Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ the defeated South was left in complete ruin; physically‚ socially‚ and politically. While black Southerners‚ who were for the most part former slaves with little to nothing but the clothes on their backs‚ tried to start a new life as free persons the white Southerners strived to restore “local and regional autonomy and white supremacy.” (Brinkley‚ 371) Aids under Abraham
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Lasting impact had been made on American society. For decades after the war‚ Northern Republicans "waved the bloody shirt‚" brought up wartime casualties as an electoral tactic. Memories of the war and Reconstruction held the segregated the South together as a Democratic block—the "Solid South"—in national politics for another century. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s had its neoabolitionist roots in the failure of Reconstruction. Ghosts of the conflict still
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Reconstruction after the civil war even though worked years later‚ at the time was a complete failure at the attempt to fix the country. During this time the North while trying to help bring the economy back up in the south tried to fight for the rights of the African Americans in the South as well as to bring rights to the colored. People will argue and try to justify that it was successful because it passed the 3 main amendments of the time (which will be discussed later). Today yes those amendments
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson A devious man‚ with an end goal in mind‚ took the biggest risk to get what he wanted. In 1864 Abraham Lincoln ran for President with Andrew Johnson as his running mate. Though they were in different political parties‚ Lincoln was impressed with the former Governor of Tennessee. Lincoln chose Johnson as his Vice President to gain support from the South. Johnson was a racist Democrat from North Carolina who became president in 1865 when Lincoln was assassinated. During
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Miguel Perez Mr. Pratt AP USH period 4 The Reconstruction Period was a time of great hardship for the United States. President Andrew Johnson was faced with the task of reuniting the North and South together after the Civil War. The Reconstruction period was a time when the government thought that all people needed human rights even African Americans. Until this point African Americans had no rights. They were still
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Impeached Andrew Johnson After Abraham Lincoln’s assassination‚ his Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ had no other choice but to accept the Presidential position. While he was president‚ Andrew Johnson failed to act as a partly leader which eventually led to his impeachment. Andrew Johnson’s worst quality as president was his lack of care for the public’s opinion. Johnson ignored the public and pardoned the Confederates‚ rather than punishing them‚ causing people to distrust him. Johnson never appealed
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The Civil War was a brutal‚ extended battle of economies‚ morals‚ and rights. There was blood on the proud flag of stars and stripes‚ and the stain of corruption was not simply washed out by a cleansing ocean of radical hope. By the end of the Civil War‚ the North and South were complete opposites; night and day‚ industrial and agricultural‚ conservative and liberal. Since they were unified‚ they finally had something in common - their futures. During the Reconstruction period‚ the political‚ economic
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The period of Reconstruction after the Civil War cannot be classified as either a success or a failure because there are many conflicting outcomes and differing opinions regarding this era. During this time‚ the United States was once again united but the government also failed to ensure and protect the rights of former slaves from white persecution. The South reverted to its old ways of discrimination when President Hayes removed Union troops in 1877. Reconstruction was a success in the sense that
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THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA: PRESIDENT JOHNSON VERSUS THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS Abraham Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction as the Reconstruction plan in 1863‚ two years before the end of civil war. Lincoln proposed the Ten-Percent Plan with a provision requiring the ex-confederate states to rewrite their constitution stating their allegiance to the United States. Those states can be admitted back if ten percent of its eligible voters pledged their loyalty to the Union. Included
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