Postbellum Reconstruction: Immediate Success‚ Long Term Failure by Thesis Both the presidency and Congress passed several reforms to attempt to solve all of these problems‚ however the progress that was made during Reconstruction was for the most part shot down by the Compromise of 1877. Outline of the Contents I. IntroThesis II. Condition of the South Immediately Following the Civil War III. The Presidential Reconstruction Plan IV. The Congressional Reconstruction Plan V. Economic
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ended and the 13th Amendment was passed‚ former slaves moved to Atlanta in great numbers (Atlanta’s population was 20% black by 1860 and 46% black ten years later). As the war-ravaged southern city of Atlanta was being physically reconstructed‚ the recently freed African Americans experienced a Reconstruction that was both different and similar to the Reconstruction white people experienced as both groups adjusted to life in a post-slavery era. During Reconstruction‚ African American women in particular
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From 1865 to 1877‚ America faced the daunting task of reconstructing a union tattered by a Civil War. The south after the Civil War was in ruins with many of its major cities completely destroyed‚ its agriculture production at a halt‚ and the slave labor that economically drove the south freed. Moreover‚ millions of freedmen were wondering around the south‚ lost‚ without an education‚ money‚ place to live‚ or knowledge of how to care for themselves outside of their plantation. Furthermore‚ Abraham
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The Reconstruction Era was a period of time dedicated to rebuilding the nation after the Civil War. The South’s economy became devastated after the war. Southerners sought out to rebuild their territory and lives. President Lincoln was in charge of deciding under what terms and conditions the former Confederate states would need to follow to rejoin the Union. Radical Republicans saw Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction as too lenient.When President Johnson took office after Lincoln’s assassination‚
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The period of Reconstruction‚ lasting from 1865-1876‚ consisted of the years after the Civil War during which Americans made efforts to rebuild their chaotic nation. African Americans were arguably affected by this period the most because it was a small step in the right direction towards securing political and economic rights for former slaves. However‚ the slight improvement of daily life for African Americans didn’t result in much change. Although the North was somewhat successful economically
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Reconstruction The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 gave approximately 4 million slaves their freedom‚ but the rebuilding of the South during the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) made a new set of significant challenges known. Under President Andrew Johnson’s administration in 1865 and 1866‚ new legislatures in southern states passed definitive “black codes” that controlled the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans. The North was furious over these codes that support
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Lincoln‚ the president of the U.S at the time came up with the plan to re-build the country after the war. He called it Reconstruction Plan. The Reconstruction Plan was put to use right after the war in 1865 and ended in 1877. Within the Reconstruction Plan‚ Lincoln offered a model for reinstatement of Southern states called the 10 percent Reconstruction plan. And also‚ during reconstruction period‚ we witnessed the emerged of Black Code which created the Fourteen and Fifteen Amendments and followed up
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After the Civil war‚ President Lincoln reconstruction plans for the United States was to unify and reconcile the north and the south. Republican dislike President Lincoln reconstruction plan due to their belief that the south should be punished. Due to assassination of President Lincoln‚ President Andrew Johnson’s carried on with the reconstruction for the south. President Johnson plans range from disallowing freed slave’s freedom‚ returning land and property back to southerners‚ and establishing
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a. The aftermath of the war was crucial due to the fact that the south and north were totally separated during the civil war‚ but more importantly was that all the fighting had ben done in the south‚ which meant that the majority of the damage was done in the southern towns. This caused the towns and fields to be ruined‚ and many properties worthless. So many peacemakers wanted to assure the southerners possessions. b. Secondly the peacemakers were faced with was giving freedom to the black slaves
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Period 2 11/29/12 Plans of Reconstruction During the Civil War was the beginning of the Reconstruction era that took place up until the late 1870’s‚ which for some was a success but a failure to others. Not only was it a civil rights movement but it also re-created the southern way of life‚ temporarily divided a political party‚ broke down another‚ and affected the nation in ways that would have long-term consequences. Two of the three major Reconstruction plans were that of President Lincoln
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