Brittany Johnson English 102-901 October 3‚ 2014Paper 3- Analyzing an Argument Serve or Fail Argument Analysis (Word Count: 811) In Serve or Fail‚ by Dave Eggers‚ Eggers implies that college students have too much time on their hands that could instead be used for helping the community. He argues that college itself is time consuming and even with classes‚ studying‚ a job‚ and social activities there are still plenty of hours in the day that need killing. He also states that giving students
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The time after the Civil War was known as the period of Reconstruction which lead to many changes in how the U.S. functioned. When slavery was abolished the now free African Americans had their freedom there was many repercussions in economic‚ political‚ and social areas within the country. For instance‚ African Americans were able to work in order to provide for themselves‚ black men earned the right to vote‚ and the government worked to help African Americans become self reliant. These changes
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What is nationalism‚ and why did it start? Now‚ a definition will tell you that nationalism is the belief that your country is superior‚ without question or doubt. Most historians would suggest that nationalism developed in England and France over the course of their state-building. Yet‚ it’s unknown where it exactly started. Now‚ nationalism often suffers from confusion both over the meaning of the term and over its role in the modern world. In many cases‚ nationalism can inspire people to break
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victory which set millions of slaves free. The south was in ruins after they fought a defensive war and Reconstruction was introduced. With Lincoln in charge‚ many people looked forward to the future after the long Civil War. The first step was encouraging people to abandon the Confederacy and to come back into the union. This is where the complications started to be revealed. During the reconstruction period‚ the freedmen had big hopes now that they had their freedom. After president Lincoln was assassinated
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the war‚ and as a whole the south’s struggle to recover after the Civil War is known as the “Reconstruction”. A large majority of this reconstruction was based on rebuilding infrastructure in the south that was damaged or destroyed by Union soldiers during the war. It is important to note that the Reconstruction had a variety of aspects: Social‚ Political‚ Economic‚ and Cultural in reform. The Reconstruction consisted
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biggest challenge of The Reconstruction Era was creating laws that would work to create equality‚ but laws aren’t always the answer in creating equality especially between whites and blacks. Although the 13th amendment had occurred and slaves were freed and given a "helping hand" to start a new‚ free life‚ that amendment did not help all that much. Later on the blacks were given The Freedmen’s Bureau to get help in resources and finding new opportunities‚ the bureau did try to do as much as possible
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Reconstruction was a missed opportunity regarding efforts to help ex-slaves that resulted in chaos‚ economic loss‚ and social isolation to the South. First‚ Reconstruction was a lost hope because instead of restoring law and order and reconciliation‚ the South became a land of chaos due to lawlessness. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)‚ a white-supremacist organization‚ brought terror to the south as members of the organization used violence as their weapon to bring about the collapse of the Reconstruction
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The period of Reconstruction began immediately after the Civil War and ended in 1877. This era is known for the advancements made in favor of racial equality. These improvements included the fourteenth amendment‚ "this law guaranteed that federal and state laws would apply equally and unequivocally to both African Americans and whites" (civil-war.ws)‚ and the fifteenth amendment‚ which granted freedmen to vote. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern
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The reconstruction Era was full of hardships and pain‚ but in the end was a very important period of time. The South was the most affected by the civil war and reconstruction because it was the side that wanted to split in the first place. After the civil war‚ the South had to agree to stop slavery before they could join back into the United States. Reconstruction was hard for African Americans because many white men didn’t treat them equal. The economy was a failure because many African Americans
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1. Reconstruction a. The purposes of Reconstruction were to bring the country back together‚ and economy that was strong and social and political footing. The Congressional Plans for Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South. The president‚ whom at the time was Abraham Lincoln‚ was running it. The congressional reconstruction supported the “forfeited-rights theory” and wanted revenge against the south. The Presidential Reconstruction
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