Study terms for Chapter 15 Ten Percent Plan: Lincoln’s idea. If 10% of the population of the confederate state would take an oath‚ they could be readmitted back into the union. Lincoln was radical. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction plans: wanted to let the southern states rebuild themselves‚ if they would take an oath of allegiance would be readmitted (not high ranked)‚ restitution of property—did not include slaves. Hand pick governors and create their own governments. They had to revoke
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necessary. There was a time where whites believed having black was symbolic for evil. They didn’t think it was right to be a different color and wanted to blame all the wrong doings or plagues on the blacks. This resulted in the formation of the Ku Klux Klan where they took African American’s from their homes and hung them. They didn’t have to do anything wrong per say‚ the whites just believed being black was wrong. The whites wanted to make African American’s feel fear so they made rules they had
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grandparents even there grandparents were not able to vote even after having seven generations of his family live in the united states. His grandfather was beaten to death for trying to vote and great-grandfather was threatened y a group of people called Ku Klux Klan and his father alone had to take various test to vote..Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. When you lived back then as a african
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British immigrants came to America because they wanted to escape religious and political prosecution. The prospect of a new life and owning some land was another major reason as to why the British came to America. One challenge that the British immigrants faced was being the first immigrants to North America and changing the culture. The British immigrants were responsible for some basic American cultural features‚ including language‚ laws‚ religion‚ education‚ and administration. They were also
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considered an outsider regardless of your skin tone. In paragraph 18‚1 “I must make two honest confessions to you my Christian and Jewish brothers” King compares what Adolf Hitler did to Jews in Germany and that it was legal such as is with the Ku Klux Klan with colored people. King is disappointed
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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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AAAA XXXX Ms. VVVV English BBB Period N 18 March 2013 Freedom Riders Backlash The Freedom Riders strive through a journey of hardships to have their point accepted by others‚ which was bus desegregation. Through the journey the Freedom Rides took some obstacles that affected them physically and mentally. They fought threw times like the downfalls that their movement brought and the mobs that greeted them in every state. The mobs were verbally and physically violent towards the Freedom Riders
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the men were electrocuted in 1927. Hooded Hoodlums of the KKK The Ku Klux Klan (Knights of the Invisible Empire) grew quickly in the early 1920s. The Klan was antiforeign‚ anti-Catholic‚ anti-black‚ anti-Jewish‚ antipacifist‚ anti-Communist‚ anti-internationalist‚ antievolutionist‚ antibootlegger‚ antigambling‚ antiadultery‚ and anti-birth control. It was pro-Anglo-Saxon‚ pro-"native" American‚ and pro-Protestant. The Klan spread rapidly‚ especially in the Midwest and the South‚ claiming 5 million
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A.P. United States History Dr. Parsons 1/3/2012 DBQ 1996 Question: In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution? Doc A: South Carolina declaration of Causes of Secession‚ Dec. 24‚ 1860. Evidence: Interpretation of the 10th Amendment--…powers not prohibited to federal govt nor prohibited to states are reserved to the states‚ or people. Inference: Challenges Article 4‚ section 4 and Article 6‚ section 2; assumes
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hate crimes against the homeless‚ mentally disabled or physically disabled people‚ (Hate Crimes‚ 2011). A common trait of a person who commits hate crimes is they are usually a member of a hate organization. Most people limit the groups to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) or the Neo-Nazi. However‚ that may not always be the case. There are times hate crimes are committed by non- member persons‚ usually after an adrenalin rush. Some cases the person feels they are doing a good thing for society and their community
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