Although not all ex-slaveholding Confederates were Democrats, a vast majority pledged their allegiance to the conservative values of the political party which brought about the end of Reconstruction. ... The way in which conservative southerners sought to achieve this racist goal was through joining the Democratic Party, which was directly responsible for the end of Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson, the leader of the post-Civil War Democratic Party, was himself a "confirmed racist." ... Like many of his racist fellow party-members, Johnson disliked Reconstruction and wanted to see it en...

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These political choices put Johnson in the states' rights and of the Democratic Party. ... Johnson's decision to support the return of the pre-war social and economic system except for slavery cut short any hope for a redistribution of land to the freed-people or a more far-reaching reform program in the South. ... These political choices put Johnson in the states' rights andof the Democratic Party Most importantly, Johnson's strong commitment to obstructing political and civil rights for blacks is responsible for the failure of Reconstruction to solve the race problem ...

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When the Civil War began, Harriet Tubman was attached to the Union Army in South Carolina, serving as a cook, nurse, scout for raiding parties, and spy behind Confederate lines. ... Many of them, however, once they reached the free states, were guided along prearranged Underground Railroad routes, receiving shelter and supplies at "stations," as the homes of the Railroad's supporters were known. ...

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Once that state reached ten percent of the people taking oath, the state could form a state government. ... Election of 1876 - In the 1876 election Tilden was the winner when the votes were counted but in 3 states both parties claimed victory. ...

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He always knew that the institution of slavery was on the line when the Republican Party took hold of office, but was the secession commissioner's main message throughout the South geared towards racial inequality and justifiable segregation, and was this the reason that excited Southerners to go to war? ... According to Dew, "the past is far from dead in the Southern reaches of the United States (7). ...

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Lincoln was against slavery, and against its spread into the Western territories, but along with many in his party, believed that it would eventually fade away without conflict. ... No agreement has been reached on its cause so there is no clear understanding of how it should be rectified. ...

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Three goals of radical republicans were they wanted to prevent the leaders of the confederacy from returning to power after the war, they wanted the republican party to become a formidable institution in the south, and they wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their rights to vote in the south. ... Supposedly, North and South reached a compromise: black civil liberties and racial equality would be set aside in order to put the Union back together. ...

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President Lincoln's major goal was to strength the Republican Party in the South. ... The official reconstruction of the south ended in 1877, but the attitudes have taken over a hundred years to change, and the attempt to make that change reached a boiling point during the 1960s. ...

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• Grade Level: High School