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    that after the Civil War‚ another war was fought during Reconstruction‚ a “Cold War” regarding the rights of the freedmen. Following the Civil War‚ the slaves were set free in a conflicted world where people couldn’t decide on their fate; they were caught in the crossfire between Congress and the civilians on the amount of rights they could have. The Congress‚ wishing to grant the freed slaves rights‚ failed to ensure the rights to the freedmen because of many reasons. At first‚ the future looked

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    Why did Reconstruction Fail for freedmen? After the Civil war‚ Congress wanted to change america so that another Civil war won’t happen again‚ so they started the Reconstruction era in the south. From 1865 to 1877‚ Congress had made new laws and programs that had helped freemen from being enslaved again. Laws such as ratifying the 13th‚ 14th ‚and 15th amendment and creating the Freedmen’s bureau who help freed men learn to read and write and give freedmen plantation land for them to make money off

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    Reconstruction: Fail or Succeed? Reconstruction failed due to Andrew Johnson‚ the Black Codes‚ and the Freedmen’s Bureau..Andrew Johnson’s‚ who was the father of the black codes‚ created policies and ideals that led to the black codes‚ KKK‚ sharecropping and the Compromise of 1877. Andrew Johnson supported white supremacy in the South and favored Southern political leaders who had aided the Confederacy once war had been declared. After the war‚ the Union needed to bring the South back into the

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    the war ended. In December 1863‚ President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction to help expedite united the Nation again. However‚ radical Congressional Republicans believed that Congress was responsible for setting the terms of unifying the nation. Radical Republicans thought the president’s plan was too lenient and did not include protection for former slaves. The reconstruction of the South would be a long and drawn out. President Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” allowed

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    Why did Reconstruction fail? Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America‚ shortly after the Civil War‚ in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities‚ especially of slavery and many other economic‚ social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America‚ and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems‚ but this only led

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    B E S T O F H BR Leaders who successfully transform businesses do eight things right (and they do them in the right order). Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P Kotter . • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail 10 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further

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    The key goals of Reconstruction were to readmit the South into the Union and to define the status of freedmen in American society. The Reconstruction era was marked by political‚ not violent‚ conflict. Some historical myths are that the South was victimized by Reconstruction‚ and that the various plans of Reconstruction were corrupt and unjust. Actually‚ the plans were quite lenient‚ enforcing military rule for only a short period of time‚ ignoring land reform‚ and granting pardons easily. The task

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    family. He contends that the environment that disadvantaged people have to overcome should be a considerable factor in an effort to bring them to the same starting point as a more privileged individual who faced far fewer obstacles instead were facilitated by encouraging parents who made education a higher priority. He finally suggests that it may be trying to reward effort as long as it correlates to working at the highest end of their abilities regardless of what their abilities may be (Page 37)

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    In Zinsser William essay “The Right to Fail”‚ he talks about people’s right to take risks and chances. He explains that there is nothing wrong with making mistakes‚ but a lot of people consider this as a bad thing. In order to become successful‚ sometimes we need to fail couple times to learn new things‚ to find out what our strengths and weaknesses. Simply failure is a way to achieve that. People weren’t born perfect. Perfection or success is an achievement which takes time‚ practice and patience

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    The reconstruction was a success in an outline as it restored the north and south states as a unified nation. However‚ the reconstruction plan did not go far and deep enough to address the political‚ economic‚ and social problems. Reconstruction failed to emerge the southern states into one central government. The radical republicans blamed believed that the confederate leaders should be punished for it. The north and south were hardly on talking relationships. The reconstruction failed to reform

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