The United States of America divided by different beliefs and ideas in 1861. Therefore, states were demanding to split up America because of the vast different beliefs. The southern states of The United States formed “Confederate States” because of the desire of central power and state’s rights. They believed that the northern states were trying to take away southern values and society (Blight, p.43). The Confederate states consisted of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, and Louisiana. The Confederate States of America was formed in 1861 (Blight, p.22). The first confederate president was elected, Jeffery Davis, in February of 1861. The confederates operated a republican …show more content…
They knew this will task is easier said than done. Radical republicans wanted the former Confederate states to suffer consequences for their betrayal towards the United States. They differ from the moderate republicans because they wanted action immediately and their views were considered extreme. President Lincoln knew that if the punitive measures were harsh, then the country would not be …show more content…
The radical republicans had passion and innovative ideas that had potential to do good within the country. On the contrary, corruption and the rise of heavy white supremacy organizations tarnished the potential of the Reconstruction era. Race was a very big issue within the country and many Americans did not know how to deal with it. The south formed white supremacy in cause of African-Americans gaining rights. Radical republicans “wanted” to give rights to African-Americans but, corruption was rampant within the party. President Lincoln was very passive when dealing with the former Confederate states in fear of not uniting a country. Then after a passive President, there was sovereign conflicts between congress and an actively opposing president. President Andrew Johnson was southerner who held southern views. Naturally, this clashed with the radical republicans who ran congress at the
From 1861 to 1865, the United States of America was fighting itself. The northern part of the United States, known as the Union or simply the North, was trying to end slavery in the southern part of the United States. The South seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The North consisted of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon. The South consisted of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The North wanted slavery to be abolished, but the South needed slaves for their economy; the conflict started war. The North and the South were both prepared for war.
In addition to being divided on the issue on how to bring the Southern states back into the Union, the nation later became divided on the rights that should be bestowed upon the emancipated slaves. After the assassination of President Lincoln, Democratic Vice President Andrew Johnson took control of the executive branch and his background foreshadowed the “political drama” that would take place. President Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee before he entered the Vice Presidency and he had racist leanings and he opposed political rights for the freedmen. Additionally, Johnson was open about his sympathy for the South and he was determined to control the path of Reconstruction. The first example of conflict between Johnson and the Republican
While reading and at some points reviewing the documents A through I , I have learned a lot about what was happening during these time periods. In document A it mainly focuses on the back bone of this country's industries, And on two specific by the names of Sacco and Vanzetti that preformed in helping making this country's economy in the way that we see it today, this document also had stated that even at some points men were forced into dramatic situations. In document B which was a picture that was taken of a brewery during the prohibition era. Some of the main points that I was able to pull from this picture was that they essentially had taken the picture as like a “ha ha” we found yah and that they had found a still that was as you could say practically unfindable because the fact that it was built underground but
After Abraham Lincolns election, most of the slave states decided to leave the union to form their own country. The states that started to secede from the Union in the early 1860’s to form the Confederacy had the chance to build something great. They built it for all the wrong reasons. Since the Republican platform prohibited the expansion of slavery in future western states, all future Confederate states started to plan to keep their ways of life protected. It went against their plans for expansion and their ideals so with their decision to secede from the Union many problems had risen up in their new government. The worst of the problems consisted of the rich controlled the government, the lack of industry, and the lack of allies that could provide help and resources
Republicans were deeply committed to protecting the basic rights of the newly freed and there was a lot of racist and inaccurate reports of black behavior under expensive Republican governments in the South. There was scandal in Grant administration and the economic recession increased the Northern disinterest and funding in Reconstruction. The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, and other course of events to threaten Republican control of the national government leading to worry that national efforts to protect rights were undermining the federal system.
Democrats), John Breckinridge (S. Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union Party), Abraham Lincoln (Republicans). The election showed just how fragmented the nation had become. Lincoln won all the free states, Breckinridge won all slave states except four, Bell won Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, and Douglas won Missouri. This can seem in Document D, showing the popular votes earned by the candidates. Though it was a close race with popular votes, Lincoln managed to get enough electoral votes to win the election. This shocked many southerners, letting them believe they had no voice in the national government. So the South threatened to secede from the union. And just had Lincoln predicted ”I do expect it will cease to be divided” (Document c, From "Speech to the Republican Convention" by Abraham Lincoln, 1858). The first seceding states were South Carolina, and later six other states, forming the Confederate States of America. Along with leaving the Union, the seceding states took over federals property within their border. One of the property was Fort Sumter, which lead to the beginning of the Civil
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Radical reconstruction also known as Congressional Reconstruction began in 1867 after North rejected the policies of Andrew Johnson in elections of 1866. After winning election of 1866, republicans gained full control over policymaki ng in south. They got power to override vetoes of Andrew Johnson. Even though Radical reconstruction had some failures; it was a step in the right direction. Through radical reconstruction, Republicans achieved the goal of bringing the nation all together and acknowledged 13th, 14th and 15th amendment.
The American Civil War initiated directly from the northern and southern strained relations on the controversial matter of states’ right opposed to federal supremacy, slavery, and economic sectionalism. The Presidential Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 engendered the secession of seven states forming the Confederate States of America, following of four states after emerging battle of the Civil War. Why was the election of Lincoln the catalyst that led to the United States secession? Republicans opposed the enlargement of slavery flowing throughout the territories, therefore restricting the practice of slavery. Southern states discerned on the depriving control of federal government eventually overpowering slavery to become prohibited. In
To begin with, immediately after the election and inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, the newly-established Republican Party’s presidential nominee, eleven states of the South seceded from the Union. These events marked the beginning of the Civil War and the war was a result of many political tensions that had emerged between the North and the South in the prior decades, all of which were associated with the institution of slavery installed in the Southern United States. President Lincoln began the Civil War with the South in response to states’ secession from the Union, and therefore, the war was not solely concentrated over the issue of slavery in American society. The North fought to preserve the Union while the Confederacy fought to
problems of poverty and discrimination faced by Black Americans at the end of the nineteenth
Many southern were against having an anti-slavery republican in office. While on the other hand the other Southern thought that having a Republican in office would benefit them, because maybe he would see that their rights of being slaveholding state should not be abolished. Southern whites from the Deep South were furious with the fact that a Republican had won the presidency without the help from any southern
The effects of the Cuban Revolution on women’s lives and gender relations in Cuba from 1959 to 1990 include that some say women have not reached equality yet with men, women gained more opportunities for themselves, economy and politics, and also how women still had responsibility for children and home, not men.
I to thought is was radical but i also think that the reconstruction period failed miserable. Any time you are able to pass amendments to help people but your government than undercuts these really hurts any progress. I think the Republican Party meant well but they were unable to fully get support for their ideas. There was no way to change the southerns views so quick and thinking they could was a fools effort. Also, by allowing ex-confederates to come into power was another failure on the Republican side. They should have passed a law not allowing them to hold office. What do you
After the secession of Texas, the Confederacy was established on February 8, 1861 (Eicher). Before this, the two parts of the United States were unsure of the outcome caused by recent violence. The North still had hoped to preserve the Union, and stop the South from completely seceding(History.com). However, the creation of the Confederate States of America was a declaration of permanent secession from the North. The Confederacy was considered a whole new country, creating their own constitution to emphasize this fact (Eicher).