Assignment #1: Reconstruction to Industrialization in the Western United States
Reconstruction to industrialization in the Western United States
Instructor: Laverne Y. Peralta
History 105
July 21, 2013
There were many events that took place from Reconstruction through the widespread industrialization in the Western United States. During the twelve years that Reconstruction lasted, freed slaves were trying to be integrated into normal life. The Freedmen’s Bureau bill, helped with recognizing free labor, schools for the newly freed persons were being highly oversee, making sure that the newly free were being treated with justice and having the same rights as anyone else. When President Lincoln proposed a plan in this Reconstruction time, this plan was the 10% plan. This meant that about 10% of those who voted would have to pledge to the Union their loyalty. Of course this plan was not much of a success and the radicals (Republicans) did not like this. Soon after there was a bill created by congress that was called the Wade Davis Bill. This bill made many (majority) of the southern states take an oath that would have them say they never had any support towards the confederacy. This bill never really made it out because Lincoln vetoed the bill, and soon after also did his assassination (Franklin, 1970). If Lincoln was not assassinated, I think the process of Reconstruction would have been smother and with much more success. He would have pushed for more plans and bills that would help the freed people and help them get recognized for their rights. For example, once President Johnson had power his Black Codes was not beneficial to all freed people. If Lincoln was still alive, the Black Codes would probably not have even been thought of, not right away anyways or even vetoed. The Black codes were a way to restrict freed people of many justices, something Lincoln would not have agreed on. This bump in the road during Reconstruction would have never happened, and if it wouldn’t have, perhaps this period would have been much
Instructor: Laverne Y. Peralta
History 105
July 21, 2013
There were many events that took place from Reconstruction through the widespread industrialization in the Western United States. During the twelve years that Reconstruction lasted, freed slaves were trying to be integrated into normal life. The Freedmen’s Bureau bill, helped with recognizing free labor, schools for the newly freed persons were being highly oversee, making sure that the newly free were being treated with justice and having the same rights as anyone else. When President Lincoln proposed a plan in this Reconstruction time, this plan was the 10% plan. This meant that about 10% of those who voted would have to pledge to the Union their loyalty. Of course this plan was not much of a success and the radicals (Republicans) did not like this. Soon after there was a bill created by congress that was called the Wade Davis Bill. This bill made many (majority) of the southern states take an oath that would have them say they never had any support towards the confederacy. This bill never really made it out because Lincoln vetoed the bill, and soon after also did his assassination (Franklin, 1970). If Lincoln was not assassinated, I think the process of Reconstruction would have been smother and with much more success. He would have pushed for more plans and bills that would help the freed people and help them get recognized for their rights. For example, once President Johnson had power his Black Codes was not beneficial to all freed people. If Lincoln was still alive, the Black Codes would probably not have even been thought of, not right away anyways or even vetoed. The Black codes were a way to restrict freed people of many justices, something Lincoln would not have agreed on. This bump in the road during Reconstruction would have never happened, and if it wouldn’t have, perhaps this period would have been much