earn money to pay bills‚ such as their houses. This affected economic issue because the government would earn money. Various lives were impacted during the Reconstruction of 1865-1877‚ including blacks and whites. During the Reconstruction of 1865-1877‚ African Americans lives were impacted by political‚ social and economic issues. Reconstruction endorsed important changes in America’s political life. The
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After the Civil War‚ the United States entered a period known as the Reconstruction Era. During the Reconstruction Era‚ three pivotal amendments were passed and added to the Constitution. Amendment 13‚ passed in 1865 and perhaps the most crucial‚ abolished all slavery in the United States. Amendment 14 was passed in 1868 and granted African American citizenship‚ a step up from the 3/5 Compromise in which white slave owners could use each slave they owned as 3/5 of a person (and a vote) when it
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African Americans have made significant progress since the end of civil war in 1865(Brinkley 2015). After the war‚ African Americans who were slaves got their freedom and formed Republican Party. The process of reconstruction started and the blacks gained an opportunity to be leaders in the United State government for the first time in history. The blacks won election in southern America state governments and in the Congress of the entire America. After freedom proclamation‚ the African American
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Great Depression DBQ Great Depression DBQ During the early 1930s‚ the United States has fallen into a great depression. Banks have fallen and unemployment is at an all-time low. Nearly 40% of nonfarm workers were unemployed during the beginning of his presidency. Now a new inaugurated president has decided to take these issues into his own hands and issued a New Deal that promised relief‚ reform and recovery to the fallen nation. FDR’s New Deal was effective because he issued
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new southern state legislatures passed restrictive “black codes” (which would prevent blacks from owning land and from getting an education) to control the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans.” (“Reconstruction”)Then‚ “during Radical Reconstruction‚
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The Underground Railroad was crucial to the Reconstruction era and in supporting the Union side of the Civil War. The Railroad was a system of routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape from slavery to a better life. Runaway slaves were led by “conductors” such as the famous Harriet Tubman to free territories‚ the most popular destination of these being Canada‚ or the “promised land”. Many slaves also escaped to Northern states‚ Mexico‚ or even the Caribbean. The system provided an opportunity
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Romeo Johnson 6th Period The University of Georgia was chartered in 1785‚ the first university founded by a state government. The charter was written by Abraham Baldwin‚ one of the two Georgians to sign the U.S. Constitution. The university was a land grant university. The university had no religious affiliation; its purpose was to educate leaders for the state whatever their religious affiliation. For the rest of the confederation
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Name_____________________________ Date_______________ Per___________ DBQ REVIEW What is the question of the DBQ? In your own words what is the question asking you to do? In just a few words (2-5) what are the following Documents about? Document ___- Document ___- Document ___- Document ___- Document ___- Come up with 3 categories that help answer the question above and can include all of the documents. A document can be placed in more than one category.
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DBQ Scoring Guide for: ____________________ Total: ___/7 Grade: _____/5.0 Thesis 0 Points 1 Point Missing‚ poorly developed‚ or partially developed (simply restating the question) Sets up the argument AND addresses the targeted skill Thesis addresses all parts of the question Analysis of Evidence to Support Thesis/Argument 0 Points 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points Essay does not use the documents OR Essay simply describes or paraphrases the documents (“tells what” vs. “shows how”) Essay analyzes
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Analysis of the Three Plans for Reconstruction The American Civil War‚ lasting from 1861-1865‚ was the most severe military conflict the country had seen; it involved the United States of America (the Union)‚ and eleven secessionist Southern states (the Confederate States of America). The war was the upshot of decades worth of political‚ social‚ and economic conflict between the agricultural South‚ which produced mainly cash crops such as cotton‚ tobacco‚ and sugarcane‚ and the industrial North
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