Introduction 1. Background From 1861 to 1865 the United States was embroiled in an internal conflict that divided the country. This conflict fundamentally changed the life of people of both the South and the North. It upheld the unification of the state and abolished the slavery. 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
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clauses created to do were each created for people to have people become American citizens and have American rights. 2. The Supreme Court case that established “Separate but Equal” was the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case. 3. A carpetbagger was a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. 4. The most significant impact of the Transcontinental Railroad was that allowed people to travel to places much easier and faster. 5. What brought
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Dylan Huddleston Chapter 17 Terms Ten Percent Plan- When the number of Confederates reached 10 percent of the number who had voted in the 1860 election‚ this group could establish a legitimate state government. Focused on acceptance by the reconstructed governments of the abolition of slavery. Radical Republicans- Advocated not only equal rights for the freed-men but a tougher stance toward the white south. Wade-Davis Bill- Required 50 percent of a seceding states white male citizens to take
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Thursday‚ January 16‚ 2014 Matt TA mondays 10-11 wheeler 102 graduate seminar room Chapter Study Outline [Introduction: Sherman Land] The Meaning of Freedom Blacks and the Meaning of Freedom African-Americans’ understanding of freedom was shaped by their experience as slaves and observation of the free society around them. Blacks relished the opportunity to demonstrate their liberation from the regulations (significant and trivial) associated with slavery. Families in Freedom The family
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took an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America and the Union and had received a presidential pardon. Those 10% also had to swear to support laws dealing with emancipation of slaves. Who supported the plans? -carpetbaggers‚ union vets‚ Who did not support the plans? -scallawags‚ southern white republicans. Were these plans implemented? -yes How were these plans superseded? 2. Explain the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution. How
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possible‚ the victorious North set out on a deliberate policy of rape‚ pillage‚ plunder‚ and vindictive punishment. The South was invaded and controlled during Reconstruction by vengeful Union soldiers‚ opportunistic carpetbaggers‚ and treasonous scalawags. The Yankee carpetbaggers were opportunists who came to the South to get rich in the aftermath of conquest through theft of money‚ land‚ property‚ etc. Their allies were the treasonous scalawags - Southerners who had always favored the Union‚ had
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Reconstruction and The New South Chapter 15 The aftermath of war and emancipation Southern towns and fields ruined‚ many whites stripped of slaves and capital‚ currency worthless‚ and little property. More than 258‚000 confederate soldiers that died in the war constituted 20 percent of the white male population in the region. Mourning of the dead and the old south brought southerners to romanticize the “lost cause” and reinforce many whites to protect what remained of their ruined world
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Civil War Reconstruction Essay The “winner” of Reconstruction was the North mainly due to the fact that the South took most of the damage from the Civil War. The Civil War brought destruction to the South‚ its economy suffered from all the costs‚ the land suffered from all the battles‚ the people suffered due to Sherman‚ and African Americans were fighting a tough battle with the North on their side and the South against them. The South had much more Reconstruction to do than the North‚ so in the
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didn’t have or want to put money towards the group. The impact on the US from the KKK did not only affect African Americans it also affected many more races and religions‚ including whites. Whites who were against the KKK were called called “carpetbaggers”. The American people were terrified by the klan. Many reasons were because of the destruction of houses‚ churches‚ schools‚ and more. The clan would put bombs in mailboxes‚ lynch and burn buildings down. Race riots were also lead through different
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“white supremacy” by scaring African Americans (“The First Ku Klux Klan”). The Klan quickly spread into most southern states and started its reign of terror on blacks‚ Republicans‚ scalawags (white Southerners who interacted with Northerners)‚ and carpetbaggers (Northerners that moved to the South) (“The First Ku Klux Klan”). Common acts used by the Klan during that time were lynchings‚ whippings‚ rapes‚ and tar-and-featherings (“Ku Klux Klan”). The Klan had a meeting in 1867 to attempt organize itself;
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