Reconstruction is “the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War”. The year 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and also the ending of Reconstruction. Although this year was to celebrate a document symbolizing freedom, it also marked the end of civil rights for blacks. Both the North and the South played a role in ending Reconstruction, it was Southern intimidation and violence that killed reconstruction. The North was not the main reason that Reconstruction ended, but the North’s attitude was slightly racist and distracted which helped in the end of Reconstruction. Reconstruction was not the only problem in America: national issues became a huge …show more content…
This attitude was ultimately the end of Reconstruction. The South acted harshly upon their racist ways: intimidation and violence affected the citizens and political activists working towards Reconstruction. Supremacist groups, like the Ku Klux Klan caused fear. Two white men are holding guns up to a black voters head trying to persuade him to vote for the Democratic Party. In this, the white men are trying to end support of Radical Republicans, who the free blacks were voting for, and to force blacks to vote for Democrats. This shows the South’s harsh intimidation and violence the Ku Klux Klan used. The Ku Klux Klan also targeted government officials. The Ku Klux Klan used violence in hopes of influencing Abram Colby to give away his position in office to a white man. This incident is an example of what blacks were exposed to while in the South: being randomly assaulted and left for dead by the Klansmen. John Stephens, a white government official, was stabbed five or six times and then hanged on a hook in the Grand Jury room. No one was safe from the horror of the Ku Klux Klan in South, and tegardless of race, white supremacists did everything in their power to prevent Reconstruction from continuing in America. Through use of violence and intimidation, Southerners worked to run Radical Republicans out of government and to ultimately end
The South ended reconstruction by non-violent racism. Non- violent racism is words that bring down African Americans of and other race. This helped end reconstruction because racism was a big problem as a result of African Americans gaining more rights from new amendment and laws. In Document D, it states "arguing that “the blacks, as a people, are unfitted for the proper exercise of political duties". This is evidence that's whites viewed African Americans as 'uncivilized' and or not good enough to be in a government
“…the slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery” (W.E.B. Dubois). Reconstruction was an era, from 1863 to 1877, used to rebuilt the damage done in the South by the Civil War. Many people resisted in the South, so it was difficult to carry out the new ideas of Reconstruction. Rebuilding the United States was not an easy task, only lasted 12 years ending in 1877. The Compromise of 1877 settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, which was pulled federal troops out of state in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era. The United State come up with three Amendment to help the African Americans there are the 13th Amendment: ended slavery, 14th Amendment: gave blacks Americans citizenship and civil rights and the last one was the 15th Amendment: right to vote. Was the North or South to be blamed for ending the period of rebuilding in the United State after the Civil War? Reconstruction is the process of rebuilding or reorganizing
Reconstruction was one of the most important periods in American history. It was a period right after the Civil War lasting from approximately from 1863 to 1877. During this time, the leaders of the country and the congress struggled with a challenge of bringing the South back into the Union politically, economically and socially. One of the key challenges they faced was how to reunite the nation and what to do with the thirteen rebellious states that broke off from the Union and joined the Confederacy. Another challenge the government was dealing with was what to do with four million former slaves who now needed housing, food, work, education along with basic civil rights such as voting and government participation. In my opinion reconstruction was more successful in bringing back the South economically and politically. Social reconstruction on the other hand, was almost an impossible task due to lack of commitment to insure equal rights for African Americans. In this essay I will examine successes and failures of presidential, congressional, and social reconstructions.
After the Civil War, the United States was left in tatters, divided and disunited. Shortly after, reconstruction began. Reconstruction refers to the period of time between 1863 and 1877 when America rebuilt and readmitted the southern states back to the Union in attempt to achieve national unification. Reconstruction encompassed economic, political and social restoration for southern society. During this process, Congress passed many laws and amendments that were intended to extend African American rights.
The era of Reconstruction was supposed to be a positive turning point for the United States. The North and the Confederacy was fighting to see who was gone represented the South. After the North beat the South there were a lot of hopes of the nation moving forward together, The south didn’t agree with the plan and wasn’t corporative. These Documents shows the struggles and views for the North and South, American Horizons; Louis Hughes, "Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom," 1897: Letter to Colonization Society 1880: The Social Principle among a People, Reconstruction, 1875; and Equal Suffrage 1865. During, the Reconstruction era there was a failed attempt to bring the Nation together; there were some positive came from the Reconstruction and also some negative.
After the Union’s victory in the Civil War during 1865, the era of Reconstruction began, an era in which the prospect of rebuilding the nation once again after the catastrophic effects of the war arose. During Reconstruction, African Americans were attempted to be integrated into American society, it was questioned on what terms Confederate states would be welcomed into the country, and the economy was meant to be fixed but all of this ultimately failed. Reconstruction was not successful in rebuilding the political, economical, and racial issues in the country post Civil War as there were even more racial and discriminatory issues, a damaged federal government, and an injured economy as well.
Reconstruction was an achievement in that it reestablished the United States as a unified country. By 1877, the majority of the previous Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, recognized the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged loyalty to the U.S. government. Reconstruction additionally at last settled the states' rights versus federalism debate that had been an issue since the 1790s.
In 1876, it was the 100th year of the Declaration of Independence. After the Civil War. the government's purpose of the Construction was to bring the 11 Southern states back to the Union. But in the cause of reconstruction soldiers were sent to the South to control and enforce the law. And in that act of this the government was given more power. What really gained spirit was the 13th Amendment that gave African Americans their freedom, the 14th amendment gave African Americans their rights, and the 15th Amendment that made it illegal to deny the right to vote, for any race. But in the 1870’s some southern states denied the Reconstruction. Then because of the presidential race of 1876, Reconstruction was put aside. In the election Rutherford B. Hayes ran for the Republican
The south resisted from reconstruction because the KKK was attacking people. The KKK was killing judicial people who supported reconstruction. They are killing
Did the North or the South Kill Reconstruction? Reconstruction, A failed attempt at giving blacks equal rights. A period that usually lasts only 10 to 20 years took 98 years to subside. Reconstruction is the period in United States history immediately following the Civil War in which the federal government set the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union.
The South killed the reconstruction with violence and threats. There is evidence of a former white soldier pleading with Congress to help solve the KKK issues in the
From 1865 to 1877, the United States flourished with opportunity and innovation. Railroads were built at an astounding rate and millions of immigrants arrived to pursue better lives and find happiness. However, many African Americans were frustrated to get secure rights and become equal as everyone else. There was also reconstruction happening which was to bring the former states of the Confederacy back to the Union. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment goal was to abolish slavery, allow citizenship for everyone, and let everyone vote no matter what race you are. At the end, many people still ponder over the fact who is responsible for the end of reconstruction: North or South? The North is responsible for ending reconstruction by not taking
Like usual, wars leave cities and countries torn apart. So as you can imagine the South was in ruins. That’s when people really started to want reconstruction. Reconstruction, what is it? Well, the goal was to try to reconnect all the states so it would be The United States of America instead of the North and South. It was also to
Reconstruction refers to the time period after the Civil War when the Union worked to reintegrate the Southern states that had seceded from the union, and were eventually defeated in the Civil War. The Reconstruction era occurred between 1865-1877 (American Destiny, pg. 409).
In the South Reconstruction was challenged when a group named the Ku-Klux Klan (KKK), started attacking African American citizens. This unethical group, was full of racist white men, and they targeted any “negro” no matter what social class. John W Stephens, State Senator from Caswell and an African American citizen was killed by these radical racists. (3) For what reason did