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Imagine you're watching a baseball game. Both teams working with a strong will power so they can get that victorious and prideful win. Imagine that exact reaction from both the North and South. One defending reconstruction, the other trying to eliminate it. The North and the South were involved in the Civil War, and were both focused on their main goal. North in which wanted freedom for the slaves while the South wanted to preserve slavery as well as State’s Rights. This was a major situation that has gone down in history even to this day. So who killed reconstruction exactly?

Most of the officeholders were white men who had been on the political margins before the Civil War. In the Deep South, African Americans whom had just been freed from slavery were allowed to serve as state representatives and senators, county commissioners, treasurers, and occasionally sheriffs. They regarded the civil enfranchisement and the political empowerment of African Americans as the grossest of illegitimacies and the direst of threats. Initially through vigilante bands such as the Ku Klux Klan, but eventually through organizations with close ties to the Democratic

Assorted groups during the Reconstruction period had very different goals that they wanted to accomplish. One of the major groups included the White Southerners, "who were determined to keep blacks an impoverished and despised under class" (Openstax, Chapter 16.2, Paragraph 3). On the other hand, another group called the Freedmen "began to take steps to improve their own condition by seeking what had long been denied to them: land, financial security, education, and the ability to participate in the political process" (Openstax, Chapter 16.2, Paragraph 2). Women were another major group wanting the ability to participate in the political process. Lastly, Congressmen "repeatedly pushed for greater rights for freed people and a far more thorough

The election of 1876 was a very bad time for the United states. This election brought about a failure of reconstruction within the Southern United States. While the North and South were both at fault for the failure of reconstruction, one side was really to blame. The South may not have wanted the reconstruction, but the North played a much bigger role in its failure. First off, what is reconstruction?

Reconstruction was a time of great change for the now-unified United States. It started in 1865, coinciding with the Union win of the Civil War. Reconstruction is defined as ‘the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.” This means that the Northern states were given the task of trying to decide what to do with the states that left the Union before the war. Deciding what to do with these states sparked lots of debate. So much debate that it split the northern population into different groups. Radical Republicans fought for the rights of freedmen and believed that South should pay for the damage they caused. The Radicals were not interested in taking the South back with open arms. One of the Radicals’ proposed laws was to take large chunks of ex-confederate land and sharing it with freed slaves and non-wealthy whites. With that being said, the majority of the Northern population were Moderate in their stance on Reconstructing. Moderates were not for the distributing of land to African-Americans in the South because they believed that blacks would get complacent and not want to contribute to the economy in their various states. They thought that blacks would eventually become socially equal to whites given time. Moderates assumed that going strongly against what the Southern Majority wants would hinder the Reconstruction of the U.S. The Confederate ideals were

The period of Reconstruction in the United States, spanning from 1865 to 1877, was a critical juncture in the nation's history, particularly for African Americans. This era saw significant advancements in black political leadership, facilitated by various factors that reshaped the socio-political landscape of the time. Drawing from scholarly sources such as "The Emergence of Black Leadership in the Upper South During Reconstruction" by Howard N. Rabinowitz and "The New Men of Power: The Emerging Political Leadership of Black Women in Southern Cities During Reconstruction" by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, this essay explores how Reconstruction created space for black political leaders. During Reconstruction, the political landscape underwent a profound transformation, driven by legislative changes and shifting power dynamics. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution laid the groundwork for black political participation by abolishing slavery, granting citizenship and equal protection under the law, and prohibiting the denial of voting rights based on race.

Although violence in the south was an important reason behind the death of reconstruction, neglect and racism in the North deserves most of the blame. One of the reasons that the north was responsible for the end of the reconstruction is

Throughout reconstruction congress has passed acts that were basically designed to fail, or didn’t make sense from the beginning. One act that Congress passed was a general amnesty act (doc. three). This act was designed to restore the right of office holding to the majority of those who had been disqualified. This meant that the white men received their vote back, when they did they reelected officials who would make laws against the freemen. Democratic victory also helped to undermine Congress’ efforts to help the freedmen,

With the era of American Reconstruction in America during the mid to late 1800’s came a sense of opportunity and hope for its people. America was on the move as nation, railroads being built faster than ever and the freedmen looking to find their niche in society. Although in the beginning the government provided support for these new citizens, efforts toward reconstruction faded as the years passed. Those efforts faded to a point where they were all but nonexistent, and with the unwritten Compromise of 1877, what feeble efforts that were left of reconstruction were now all but dead. Politically, reconstruction failed to provide equality by pulling Federal troops from the South, allowing former Confederate officials and slave owners

Foner writes that nowhere, was the transfer in black life more profound than in politics. The amazing political mobilization of the black community was one of the most striking features of that period, along with the emergence of a new black political class. At the beginning of the Reconstruction, blacks turned to ministers and men who had achieved prominence as slaves to represent them politically. During

During reconstruction the United States was divided on social issues, presidential campaigns were won and loss on these issues during this period. The struggle for development of African Americans and how they initiated change in political, economic, educational, and social conditions to shape their future and that of the United States. (Dixon, 2000) The South’s attempts to recover from the Civil war included determining what to do with newly freed slaves and finding labor to replace them. The task of elevating the Negro from slave to citizen was the most enormous one which had ever confronted the country. Local governments implemented mechanisms of discrimination to combat citizenship

Reconstruction opened many doors for its newly freed African American citizens. One the many doors, were those of political office. Though these doors opened for blacks in a variety of places, the social origins of

The main complaints against the Presidential Reconstruction were the Radical Republicans of Congress. New political forces in the South gave way for new changes. During reconstruction, African Americans made huge political gains. They voted in large numbers and were also elected to political office. African Americans were elected as sheriffs, mayors, legislators, Congressmen, and Senators. Even thought their participation was significant, it was exaggerated by white southerners angry at the Black Republicans governments.

After the North won the civil war, it was time to rebuild this nation. This period of reconstruction was supposed to have a profound change on society. Unfortunately this was not the case. Reconstruction did not fundamentally alter this nation. Not to say that nothing happened, but nothing that really made a change or difference happened. First, the control of the south was given right back to the planter elite. Also, even though slavery was abolished; blacks were not free. Finally, Congress and President Johnson could not get along. Although the civil war reshaped this country profoundly. The reconstruction efforts did little but scratch a surface, before being quickly wiped away.

It seemed as though black people were finally starting to be recognized as actual people. According to the article “Reconstruction” on the website ushistory.org it says, “Under federal bayonets,blacks, including those who had recently been freed, received the right to vote, hold political offices, and become judges and police chiefs.” African Americans were finally able to hold some type of power in political offices and could have jobs of importance, however, many Southerners were angered by black people having this new sense of freedom. From the same article it says, “Many Southern whites could not accept the idea that former slaves could not only vote but hold office. It was this era that the Ku Klux Klan was born.” Douglass’s dream of equality was starting to slip away with white supremacists discriminating against black people. To this day, there is still racism and discrimination among not only African Americans but all races and this goal of equality has yet to be reached and may not be achieved ever.