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The articles that will be disused in this essay are as followed “Report on conditions in the south (1865)” and “Reconstruction (1865).

The articles have connections to the progressive reform movement. The conditions in the south were dreadful when congress asked for the current conditions during 1865. The progressive reform movement was placed during that time so that many of these problems would go away such as the dreadful conditions in the south. The congress had these reports in mind when the progressive reform movement was in place. When the reform movements were in place the congress would notify the south that these poor conditions would go away over time and that the progressive reform was put in place for exact as this. Andrews Johnson’s efforts to restore the south had stalled. “Congress exercised its constitutional authority to deny seats to delegations from the South and launched an investigation into conditions there” said in the article ROCINTS. This sentence is saying that congress denied seats to delegates (someone who speaks or acts on behalf of an organization at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level) from the souths which lead to a launch of an investigation of the conditions in the south. When these delegates were attempting to go to these meetings the congress had the authority to deny them the access of the meetings. When they were denied the congress had launched an investigation to see what needed to be settled in order to better the conditions in the south. Reconstruction played a big role in the progressive reform movement. Reconstruction is the same thing as progressivism in a sense. Reconstruction was put in place so that after the civil war the political, economic, and social problems arising would dissolve after a while. The congress had many meetings in regards to this topic “Reconstruction” there were many delegates that had to speak up about this

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