During both the civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods‚ there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation‚ as well as legislation such as the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth amendments‚ was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renouncing of secession by the South marked a definite triumph for Nationalism. As well‚ the government was involved in altercations of its own. During reconstruction‚ the legislative and executive branches eventually
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Chapter: 16 Reconstruction I. Wartime Reconstruction A. "To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds" 1. President Lincoln’s second inaugural address suggested that deep compassion for the enemy guided his thinking about peace. 2. Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction‚ issued in December 1863‚ was designed primarily to shorten the war and end slavery. 3. His Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction‚ which included full pardons for rebels willing to renounce secession and accept the abolition of slavery‚ angered
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CHANGE FOR SOUTHERN BLACKS AS A RESULT OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION? Life for Southern blacks did improve somewhat as a result of the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ but it was not perfect. There were still many inequalities between the two races‚ white and black. This essay will discuss life of blacks prior to the Civil War (1861-1865)‚ how the blacks were involved in the war and Reconstruction (1865-1877)‚ and how the war and Reconstruction changed the blacks’ way of life. Before the Civil War
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DISCUSSION 1 WASHINGTON & DUBOIS PART 1: QUESTION: We will begin our discussion concerning race relations during the historical period now called Reconstruction – this is the time period after the Civil War. As African Americans tried to combat racism and avoid racial conflict‚ they clashed over strategies of accommodation and resistance. The Southern educator‚ author and civil rights leader‚ Booker T. Washington urged
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the North put the North’s wealth at risk. Slavery became the scapegoat of the whole conflict of the reclaiming of the south. Slavery‚ although an important issue‚ was not the whole reason for war. 2. Compare and contrast proposed plans for reconstruction using Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (Links to an external site.)‚ his Last Speech (Links to an external site.)‚ "The Politics of Andrew Johnson (Links to an external site.)‚" and Thaddeus Stevens’s Speech of December 18‚ 1865 (Links
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states in Congress brought slavery to the national forefront‚ and number of Compromises‚ including that of 1850‚ requires the cooperation of varying regions. However‚ the federal government passed a number of Revolutionary amendments during the Reconstruction Era. Government had become further centralized during the war‚ and exercise
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Why do you so answer? 19. How did the Southerners refer to the Reconstruction period? 20. Following the assassination of President Lincoln who became president and what was his stand on race relations? 21. What was the idea behind the forty acres and a mule? 22. What institution did African Americans turn to as their main source of support? 23. What contributed to the violence in the south during the Reconstruction period? 24. Define/Identify: 13th‚ 14th; 15th Amendments‚ Hayes
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the following were causes of the Mexican war except Mexican desire to annex Louisiana 6. All of the following were parts of Andrew Johnson’s plan for reconstruction except Requiring payment of monetary reparation for the damage caused by the war 7. In response to southern lack of compromise in the face of Andrew johnson’s mild reconstruction plan‚ congress did all of the following except Order the arrest and imprisonment of former confederate officials 8. When president Andrew Johnson removed
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Congress put an effort to ensure that equal rights were given to freedman during reconstruction. The conflict was between the norths and south‚ the disputes between one another caused the south separated from the north because of the protective tariffs‚ unequal political power and different views on slavery. The dispute between the north and south caused the civil war. Due to the civil war 620‚000 people were killed or wounded. Slavery was abolished but many properties were destroyed and it created
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would happen to the 3.5 million former slaves? Reconstruction Politics (1865-1868) National politics produced new constitutional amendments‚ a presidential impeachment‚ and some of the most ambitious domestic legislation ever enacted by Congress‚ The Reconstruction Act of 1867-1868. In 1865‚ only a small group of politicians supported black suffrage. All were radical Republicans‚ led by Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens. They helped pass the Reconstruction Act. Lincoln’s Plan In December 1863‚ Lincoln
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