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Reconstruction

            Reconstruction was needed for this country to come back together after the Civil War. The north and the south had been divided and didn't know how to come back together again without intervention from the government. I believe that Reconstruction helped the African-Americans get some of the freedom that equally deserved. I also believe that Reconstruction helped the north and the south reunite as a country again. The Freedman's Bureau did it's best to educate and protect the former slaves. The U.S. Congress also tried it's hardest to fulfill the promises made to former slaves by passing 2 bills that had been vetoed by President Johnson. President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction involved letting any rebel state take its place back in the Union as long as they met the conditions of the ten percent plan. They way the ten percent plan worked was they state had to have ten percent of the people who had voted in the 1860 election to take an oath. Once that state reached ten percent of the people taking oath, the state could form a state government. President Johnson's plan was based mostly the same as President Lincoln's except he didn't think that the southern states had ever been out of the Union, and there were to be no trials for treason. .
             Ku Klux Clan - The KKK was created after the Civil War as means of rebelling against the Reconstruction plans and the plans to give the African-Americans equal rights. The KKK killed the freedman and their supporters. .
             Tenure of Office Act - The Tenure of Office Act was set in place to prevent the U.S. president to remove civil officers without consent from the Senate. This was put into place by radical republicans mainly to prevent President Johnson from removing any of the cabinet members who supported the harsh Reconstruction policies of Congress. .
             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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1. Failure of the reconstruction

Two main racist influences combined in the late nineteenth century to destroy Reconstruction. ... Radical Reconstruction only built upon this fear, and according to many historians the fear soon led to the emergence of a new form of absolute racism under the guise of the Reconstruction era Democratic Party. ... With a man like Johnson in White House, Reconstruction was destined to fail. ... Whites felt threatened by Reconstruction because it attempted to equalize them with Blacks. ... All of the evidence is telling, racism was the main cause of the failure of Reconstruction. ...

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2. FAILURE OF RECONSTRUCTION

Two main racist influences combined in the late nineteenth century to destroy Reconstruction. ... Neo-revisionists go so far as to suggest that president Johnson's racist beliefs were directly responsible for the downfall of Reconstruction.10 Although Reconstruction did not actually end during Johnson's term as president, the actions he took during his time in office inhibited the growth, development, and secure establishment of Reconstruction programs in the South. ... With a man like Johnson in White House, Reconstruction was destined to fail. ... Proponents of the Dunning school o...

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3. Shaping Reconstruction: The Impact on American Politics

Thaddeus Stevens, for example, a key member among radical Republicans in congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction, proposed a much more severe Reconstruction plan which called to balance the wealth between former slaves and former plantation owners in the South. ... Stevens also advocated his Reconstruction plan in his speech, which he believed that the former lands of plantation owners should be divided and sold to the newly freed-men in order to achieve the real purpose of Reconstruction. ... The influence they inherited from the Civil War continued to serve them well politically...

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4. Reconstruction

Many historians have come to the conclusion that the period of Reconstruction, between 1860 and 1877 was a revolutionary time in our nation's history. ... One of the key goals of Lincoln's original Reconstruction plan was to rebuild the South. ... The issue of rebuilding the South was taken up by three different groups, each with their own opinions and agendas for Reconstruction. ... Most of the key Reconstruction-era legislature, such as the 14th and 15th Amendments, was passed by Radical Republicans in Congress. ... During Reconstruction, the question of who would control the re-in...

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5. Reconstruction

The Freedmen's Bureau was the most important institution during the Reconstruction era. ... Congress began to show that it would take over Reconstruction from the President. Congress appointed a committee of fifteen to handle Reconstruction. ... Congress passed laws regulating the Reconstruction of the former Confederate states. ... Without an economic base for blacks, the successes of Reconstruction were wiped out. ...

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6. Reconstruction

For the most part, Johnson's plan of reconstruction left the south in its prewar state. ... After overriding Johnson's veto, congress began to develop its own Reconstruction plan. ... Republicans then passed the Reconstruction Acts which instituted the "radical" phase of their plan. ... Grant, Johnson's successor, were filled with scandal and failed to complete the work of reconstruction. ... Reconstruction was an experiment that undoubtedly could not last. ...

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7. Reconstruction

The Presidents during the Reconstruction period. ... The southern reaction throughout the Reconstruction period. ... During the four administrations of government throughout the Reconstruction period, these opinions shifted and resulted in changing Reconstruction efforts. ... Once becoming President of the United States, he acted as though he were a radical republican in his Reconstruction efforts and then shifted back towards the Lincoln liberal republican Reconstruction ways. ... Throughout the Reconstruction period following the civil war, the south was very turbulent. ...

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8. Reconstruction

This fueled the American economy during a crucial reconstruction period. ... Many southern freedmen moved west during the reconstruction period to start fresh. ... Based on these facts: free land, new crops and technology, and freedom from religious and racial discrimination, America during reconstruction was a land filled with opportunity. While there were many tough roads ahead, for many people reconstruction and westward expansion offered a fresh start, a second chance to succeed in life. ... This supports my view of the reconstruction era. ...

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9. Reconstruction

The historians Moore, Stampp, and Randall each provide their individual interpretation of the Reconstruction of the South following the Civil War. ... Randall touched briefly on both the subjects of political corruption and loss of Southern resources to promote his rationale that the Republicans impeded real reconstruction. ... Finally, Randall states that Reconstruction did not honestly begin until the Republicans were removed from power while Stampp downplays that sentiment as extreme. ... Then, during Reconstruction, radical Republicans monopolized the process and spread corruption and f...

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10. Reconstruction

The period that occurs after the Civil War is known as the Reconstruction. ... Aspects of radical reconstruction, and violence were one of the means used to undermine Reconstruction. "The reason for this is that the South was humiliated and degraded by Reconstruction." ... Anyone who participated in radical Reconstruction, such as Carpetbaggers and Scalawags were met with violence and potential murder. ... "The Colfax Massacre was the worst massacre of racial carnage in the Reconstruction era. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

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