Challenges Of Radical Reconstruction

The Civil War was caused by many several pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences, and was finally set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events. From economic differences to political differences all the way up to cultural differences, the North and the South opposed each other. These tensions were further increased after the western expansion of the United States. By the early 1850’s a civil war was known to be likely coming soon.

The American Civil War was different from many of the wars the United States had fought in at this time. Mostly this

Trailing the Civil War was the reconstruction that continued with the ongoing struggle to unify the nation. Quickly fowared-looking progress turned into a negative that jeopardized the balance

In the time just before the Civil War, the United States was one of the most successful nations in the world. The United States had become the world’s leading cotton producing country and had developed industry, which would in the future, surpass that of Great Britain. Also, the United States possessed an advanced railroad and transportation system. However, despite its successes, the United States was becoming increasingly divided. The North and the South had many distinct differences in terms of their social, cultural, and economic characteristics that brought about sectionalism and, eventually, the Civil War.

The Civil war was the most momentous and crucial period of time in the history of America. Not only did this war bring an end to slavery but also paved way for numerous social and political changes. The country had already been torn by the negative trend in race relations and the numerous cases of slave uprisings were taking their toll on the country 's political and social structure. The country was predominately divided up into 3 sections, the North, the South, and the West. Each of these groups had different fundamental interests. The North wanted economies depending on farming, factories and milltowns, while the West relied on expansion and development of land for farming and new towns. The South mainly relied on agriculture like

The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts, segregation, and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction.

The article that I read shows us that even though slavery was ended by the 13th amendment, life still was not fair or equal for former slaves. Reconstruction tried to give slaves the same rights as whites had, but the whites that lived in the southern states didn’t want this to happen they did everything they could to make the slaves live bad by ignoring the federal laws and passing new state laws. The end of Civil War in 1865 should have meant freedom for the slaves. But reconstruction gave them fake freedom. The painting shows in many ways the hardships that the former slaves ended even after they were no longer consider property. That era was one of the darkest era after the reconstruction. KKK was the one that raised the violent action

The end of the civil war started a new era called the Reconstruction era. During this era the main challenge being dealt with was how to rejoin the south to the union. There were many plans constructed on how to do this. Three plans for reconstruction were produced by President Lincoln, President Johnson, and Radical Republicans in congress.

In Gendered Strife and Confusion: The Political Culture of Reconstruction, Laura Edwards studied how gender, race, and class shaped not only the political terrain of the South during Reconstruction, but also its private and public foundations. Edwards viewed the Southern household during this period as a “highly contested political issue.” Following the war, changes swept southern society regarding how households were defined, who were the heads of those households, and what rights these heads and their dependents held. She argued that African American and common white women became a very loud and “vigorous public presence both during and after the Civil War.” Being poor, black, or both, these women demanded that concerns for their family’s welfare and safety, such as issues of rape and physical violence, be heard. Therefore, these women “moved private issues onto the public stage.” Within her work, Edwards extended Reconstruction to the end of the nineteenth century. She stated that “racial and class hierarchies appeared as ‘natural’ as gender hierarchy, and the political power of poor white and African-American men appeared as pointless as that of women.” She discussed that the end of Reconstruction concluded at different times in different places throughout North Carolina, ultimately ending with the white supremacy campaign in 1898 leading to disfranchisement. Before 1898, many African Americans and “dissenting whites retained their grip on local power,” which

Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era began. During this time, the southern part of the United States attempted a transformation directed by Congress from 1863 to 1877. Known for its successes and failures, the Reconstruction was a time of great pain and an infinite amount of questions. As well as many long term, short term, positive, negative, social, and political effects.

To begin I would like to say I agree with your point that Reconstruction was both a success and failure depending on one’s perspective. We share many similar ideas in our responses. However, you state, “They were solving problems that had essentially been put off due to the war” and I do concur with this statement. Although, you only provide one example for the “problems” which is “letting the slaves go.” I do agree the freeing of slaves was a major aspect of the success of the Reconstruction, but to assist the readers in comprehending your overall message you could add more factual information supporting the success of Reconstruction, such as stating the previous confederate states developed new constructions acknowledging of the thirteenth,

1. Some historians argue that Radical Reconstruction was not radical enough. After studying the events of the late 19th century, defend whether or not you agree with this position. What are the long-term implications?

How does the post-Reconstruction era reveal American legal biases against certain groups, without laws specifically mentioning them?

Reconstructions “Do I believe in plastic surgery? Yes, if something is wrong and you can modify it. For certain people, it's right”. As said by Aerin Lauder, cosmetic surgery has become a “go to” for the female population, many have the need to improve themselves with the chance of feeling comfortable, and satisfied. People against cosmetic surgery suggest that even though it is said to improve self esteem, yet the chances of lowering it might overcome certain pros, also believing that it is just a want to change one's appearance, not a necessity.

The American civil war took place between 1861 and 1865 and it had far reaching consequences in determining the kind of nation the country would be in the years that followed. One of the major reasons that divided the country and possibly led to the eruption of the civil war was the institution of