Reconstruction Dbq

If the U.S. had split apart after the civil war the world would be a lot different to this day. The emancipation helped the northern states. After the emancipation proclamation was passed the slaves were still being discriminated. A famous quote from abe Lincoln was “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves”, this quote means that abe believed everyone should be treated equal and if those who did not should not have freedom for themselves(Goodreads). Lincoln believed in equality and thats all he wanted for america, is to have equality throughout the whole country.

After the Civil War, the United States had many problems to solve. The country had to figure out how to integrate newly freed slaves into society and bring the former Confederate states back into the Union. Reconstruction was period of time after the civil war in which the United States addressed these problems. Reconstruction had two different phases: Presidential Reconstruction took place from 1865 to 1867, and Congressional Reconstruction took place from 1867 to 1877. Presidential Reconstruction began with Abraham Lincoln, who proposed the Proclamation of Amnesty and the ten percent oath plan. Lincoln was focused on leniency and forgiveness; under his plan southerners would take an oath of loyalty to the Union, and after only ten percent of a state’s voters had taken this oath, the state could be readmitted. After Lincoln’s assassination, Andrew Johnson took over Reconstruction. Johnson wanted to punish landowners, but liberally handed out pardons, as he greatly enjoyed the power that he had over southerners. Under Johnson, former confederates were re-elected, and southern states discriminated blacks. Eventually, Congress took over Reconstruction. During Congressional Reconstruction, the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were passed, and the freedman’s bureau was created. Overall, the failures of Reconstruction outweighed the failures because it took a very long time for it to achieve its goals, and the South was still able to

Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War. During this period, the U.S faced many challenges such as how to reunite the North and the South and put the Civil War behind us. In addition, the nation needed to address the status of four million freed slaves by granting them citizenship, and protecting their citizenship rights. As years passed, many historians went back and forth of whether or not Congress was a success for the freedmen, or a total blowout. These pieces of evidence concludes that the Congress’ Reconstruction was unfortunately a failure for the freedmen rights.

After the civil war there was a period from 1865 to 1877 called the reconstruction period. Which may be the reason african americans have the rights that they do today. The Reconstruction period was not all good, there were also laws that limited the rights of african americans called “jim crow laws”. Sharecropping also was developed which was practically a legal form of slavery. Over all American Reconstruction was a success due to all of the rights that african americans gained, but it didn't happen easily.

Until this day, the American Civil War is still one of the most prominent wars that was ever fought in America. The war was first caused by the disagreement between the Federalists and Anti-federalists regarding on how the United States should be governed. Soon, the war began and gunshots exploded the country everyday. The war continued on for several years and in 1865, the war finally ended and America was already torn into pieces. Following the war, the Congressmen had to recover from its loss and settle the disagreements that existed in Congress in order to prevent another war from happening. Therefore, the Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteenth Amendments, also known as the Reconstruction Amendments were passed as an attempt to achieve peace

The Reconstruction era was necessary for rebuilding the south. It was a success in some aspects and failure in others. The main purpose of the reconstruction was almost fulfilled, but it didn't stay after the reconstruction. Its aftermath was terrible in some aspects especially for african americans.

The Civil War and the period of Reconstruction brought great social, political, and economic changes to American society. These changes affected the way everyone in the nation was used to living. Slavery was a huge thing that led the economy for the south, providing a free source of labor, which would soon lead to a lot of change in the southern economy when emancipated. Slavery also did not allow the African Americans to have any rights or participate in any political things. White people dominated the nation and restricted all that the African Americans were allowed to do. The emancipation of slavery led to changes in economics, politics, and brought many social changes. These changes ultimately had positive effects on the world, and these changes are still seen today as they continued into the 20th century.

For a short time after the Civil War, southern whites hoped for restoration of their rights and a return to traditions and lifestyle before the conflict began. Radical Republicans imposed oppressive policies and laws. Despite these difficulties, southern whites worked with other interests to improve conditions going forward.

The Battle Over Reconstruction There were many short term and long term effects of the Civil War. After the Civil War and through the 1890s, the United States struggled to agree on reuniting the country and also Reconstruction. While the government tried to solve key problems with rebuilding the Nation, their solutions were short-term and failed to address the problems. Because of the disagreements concerning Reconstruction, problems were created in the government and in the South as well, that soon resulted in many short-term and long-term solutions. Although there were lots of attempts to give African Americans rights, there were not many long-term effects that lasted to satisfy this by the end of reconstruction.

Just imagine that you were born when slavery was allowed in the United States. Better yet, imagine yourself as an African American/ black and being born into slavery. What would you do? Would you try to escape to freedom or remain a slave and serve “your master” until you die or until slavery is totally abolished? Well that’s when the Reconstruction Era comes in. The Civil War was a major cause that led to the Reconstruction Era. This was due to the Union winning the war between them and the South. The end of this war was thought to give freedom, peace, and stop the suffering of slaves all over the country, but the South didn’t want to let go of slavery that easily. Reconstruction was when the South was rebuilding and also when the country

Reconstruction is often thought of as something that happened in the South. But events there were part of a much broader transformation. Far beyond the ex-Confederacy, the United States embarked on an ambitious process of nation building. (A. 446) The U.S. Constitution does not address the question of how to restore rebellious states. After the Civil War, the nation had to determine whether the Confederate states, upon seceding, had legally left the Union. If so, then their reentry required action by Congress. If not — if even during secession they had retained their constitutional status — then restoring these states might be an administrative matter, best left to the president. Lack of clarity on this fundamental question made for explosive politics. In the early years of Reconstruction, the president and Congress struggled over who was in charge. Only by winning this fight did Republicans in Congress open the way for the sweeping achievements of radical Reconstruction. (A. 447) As of 1877, all of the Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, recognized the new Amendments set forth (the 13th, 14th, and 15th), and had fully pledged their loyalty to the United States government. This allowed for the settling of states’ rights vs. federalism debate that had been ongoing since the mid1790s. While Reconstruction was a success on many fronts, there

At first analysis, the Reconstruction seemed like a long-overdue liberation for slaves. By 1877, America had earned title of “United States”, as the Confederate states had instituted new constitution that acknowledged the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.

As a country, America has gone though many political changes throughout its lifetime. Leaders have come and gone, and all of them have had their own objectives and plans for the future. As history has taken its course, though, almost all of these “revolutionary movements” have come to an end. One such movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a violent period that defined the defeated South’s status in the Union and the meaning of freedom for ex-slaves. Though, like many things in life, it did come to an end, and the resulting outcome has been labeled both a success and a failure.

Imagine being beaten for the color of your skin or even worse killed for trying to do something simple like voting.Before the reconstruction era began, Civil War had ended on April 9th, 1865, slavery was abolished and our 16th president was assassinated 5 days after the Civil War. The Civil War was started on April 12, 1861 by the confederates who were trying to protect the southern society which were things like economically depending on slaves and politically being white supremacist by attacking a Union fort. Once the Civil War ended slavery was abolished and the Reconstruction era began. The Reconstruction was the time when citizenship rights of freedmen were being established and protected. Its effect led slavery to come to an end and have the South accept the 14th amendment which stated that everyone had equal rights including the former slaves. Due to the success and failures of Reconstruction, although the social impact was positive for newly-freed African Americans because slavery came to an end, the impacts were mostly negative politically and economically because african americans were not able to vote and no laws protected them from the Ku Klux Klan and the jobs were scarce and usually did not pay much.

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.