to become a judge in North Carolina and help reconstruct the state. He describes a state Senator who was brutally killed by the Klu Klux Klan and hung on a hook in the jury room. (Doc‚ A letter) That kind of terrorism was trying to scare the Carpetbaggers of the Klu Klux Klan and trying to make them want to leave the North. It was also suppose to scare
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speaks of buildings and structures‚ describing Miss Emily as a fallen monument. Where else do related images occur? If Miss Emily is a fallen monument‚ what is she a monument to? 5. In this story‚ an aristocratic Southerner murders a Yankee carpetbagger. Is the story about the triumph of a defeated
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During the reconstruction era many people including African Americans and poor white men migrated from the North to the South in the search for jobs and opportunities. Depending on a person’s status‚ race or color‚ many were benefiting from the reconstruction and many were at the disadvantage. African Americans who were former slaves were at the disadvantages. They struggle because of Lincoln’s assassination‚ the KKK and the Black Codes. To start‚ when the thirteenth Amendment was passed on January
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vetoed by Lincoln and never took effect |many Republicans joined the Radicals and brought impeachment charges against Johnson to prevent him from dismissing further bills| Southern Democrats|to drive out the Republican coalition of freedmen‚ carpetbaggers‚ and scalawags and passed the "Black Codes"|three Southern states had disputed election results‚ but later agreed to accept Hayes if he named a Southern Democrat to his Cabinet|the removal of the remaining federal troops marked the end of Reconstruction
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of slavery‚ they were incapable and easily influenced by radical republicans. To back his claim‚ Leigh cited the passing of a large grant for the Alabama and Chattanooga Railway. He states that the grant’s purpose was to give money to corrupt carpetbaggers‚ and that the blacks helped passed the bill after being bribed. Leigh also insinuates that having blacks in office meant that they dominated the votes and silenced whites‚ doing
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duties of government‚ and forget about the condition of being a slave.(Document D). Not only did the North contribute to the death of reconstruction‚ so did the South. The Ku Klux Klan terrorized people who were black and supported the radicals‚ carpetbaggers and scalawags‚ and Republicans. They Klansmen were made up of first-class men‚ doctors‚ lawyers and some farmers.(Document B). The K.K.K. repulsively murdered John W. Stephens and hung him in the Grand Jury room of the Court House.(Document A)
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Battle of Antietam Freedman’s Bureau | |Border states Siege of Vicksburg Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant | |Scalawags carpetbaggers Robert E. Lee Sharecropping | 1._____________ Bloodiest single-day battle in United States history. 2._____________ An important federal outpost in South Carolina.
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Majority of African American’s had many struggles‚ and obstacles that they faced. Political issues impacted their lives when Congress passed the thirteenth amendment‚ this affected many African Americans lives. Since numerous people were equal‚ social issues were impacted when children went to school while the adults had gone to work and 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
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Norton et al.‚ A People and A Nation chapter 16‚ Portrait of America chapter 1 “The Checkered History of the fourteenth Amendment “quiz Identification Terms: Freedmen’s Bureau Tenure of Office Act Ku Klux Klan Scalawags Enforcement Acts Carpetbaggers Compromise of 1877 Sharecropping Reconstruction Acts of 1867 Crop Lien 14th Amendment Black Codes 15th Amendment Week 1 WESTERN SETTLEMENT –Reading assignment Norton A People and A Nation chapter 17 Portrait of America chapter 2 “Sitting
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elections‚ voters want to ensure that they choose the best candidate for each office. The 2012 race for West Virginia Senator between Joe Manchin and John Raese created a competition with commercial ads. One of the ads for Joe Manchin responds to the Carpetbagger John Raese’s Attack Ad. Manchin utilizes local firefighters in this commercial to appeal to the viewer’s emotions by creating a sense of safety‚ as well as‚ giving the voters reasoning to elect Manchin through the credibility of the firefighters
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