Reconstruction Dbq

“…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

For Section 1, it will be the answer response of yes. My thesis for this section is “Yes, the Reconstruction Era was a success because it amalgamated the nation.” President Lincoln intentions wasn’t to punish the South but to restore them back to the country. It was a success because it destroyed the idea of Confederacy for good. One key point I’m using in order to back up this statement is the passing of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendment. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States, the Fourteenth defines citizenship, protects all Americans, and grants birthright citizenship to freed slaves, and finally the Fifteenth gave the African Americans the opportunity to participate equally in government by giving

America and we as Americans have faced many hardships. One of these trying times was the period from 1865 – 1877, the era known as Reconstruction. Several plans for Reconstruction were developed, but for these [then] divided states, adversity and unforeseen circumstances would test the resolve of our government and its constituency. The success and failures of each plan are outlined to reveal how the country struggled to re-united during this violate time. The assertion being Reconstruction was both a success in that it passed legislation for Civil Rights and re-united the Union, but failed to secure those rights and prosperity of former slaves.

The reconstruction, which lasted from 1865 - 1877, had some feats but largely was a failure at accomplishing its goals. It succeeded in readmitting the Southern states to the union, but failed in integrating them fully; the Nation still remained divided by political lines. It helped to rebuild a war ravaged South until the North lost interest in the South and it gave former slaves and people of color more rights and political representation than they ever had before, but the South passed various codes, tests, and laws to limit the black resurgence and keep the old power structure. By 1870 the reconstruction successfully readmitted all the southern states that seceded under Andrew Johnson's plan, however all the states restored their conservative governments within 9 years of readmission (reconstruction map) because of Andrew Johnson's leniency to the South. After the division of the South into military districts in 1867, the governments established were under control of the radical Republicans and gave blacks the power to vote and participate in the government.

The Civil War is known most commonly as the war that freed the slaves, but when the war ended and all was said and done, were the slaves really all that free? The war sent the United States into ‘Reconstruction’, a period of around eleven years where the war’s aftershock, the new laws on slavery, and the backlash that came with these laws was dealt with. After the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed and slavery was officially illegalized, things took a pretty big change of course. The previous slave-owners were at a loss for what to do, and in a way so were the newly freed African Americans. Both parties had grown to rely on each other in order to support themselves and survive, and that relationship would continue to

With the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, a new president sought to reunite the nation at the end of the Civil war. The presence of Andrew Jackson in the white House took the Republican Party and the newly freed slaves in directions that shaped the way the North made policy toward the defeated south. The process became known as reconstruction, and it remained one of the most controversial periods in all of American history. During this period of reconstruction, was set out to change the south and better the lives of the white and black people that lived there. Upon President Lincoln’s assassination, the nation looked to the new presidents for leadership. Andrew Johnson was unknown to most political insiders, and promised to pursue Lincoln’s

Do you think reconstruction for the South was a success? I believe that the reconstruction of the South was not successful because of the Black Codes. Secondly, the North and South did not trust each other. Lastly, this was not a success due to the KKK, known as the Ku Klux Klan. The Black Codes made reconstruction unsuccessful, because they limited peoples rights in doing things they truly wanted to do, especially blacks.

The Reconstruction of the United States was about rebuilding and improving the South after the Civil War. The reconstruction’s main objectives were to deal with the injustice of slavery and the treatment of colored people. This led to a division between northern and southern views, which differentiated greatly. This conflict led to Northerners wanting to slowly start transitioning away from slavery because they believed it was unfair for someone to be forced to work and not get paid, all because of the color of a person's skin. They believed labor shouldn't be free and the person doing it should agree to it.

One law that these policies conflicted with was the Freedman’s Bureau. The article states, “The Freedmen’s Bureau also built hospitals, provided medical services, supervised contracts between freedpeople and employers, and took care of lands abandoned or captured during the war.” (“Helping Freedpeople”). Document-Based Investigation (Part 1). The Freedmen’s Bureau was beneficial for many, but got debilitated after these new unfair policies.

Before the reconstruction era was the U.S civil war. During this time (as well as before), African Americans were treated as slaves and subject to extreme discrimination and inhumane treatment. One major point of this is that African American slaves had absolutely no rights, but this changed after the civil war ended in 1864 and the reconstruction era began. The reconstruction era as previously stated, began after the end of the civil war (so it began in 1865) and ended in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877 (when the remaining troops were removed from the South due to the Compromise of 1877, the reconstruction era was formally ended).

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,

The Reconstruction was a period of roughly ten years that came after the American Civil War. During this time black Americans were able to vote, attend school and even hold public office. These ten years were a small break for black Americans following the end of slavery and preceding the Jim Crow Laws of the South. There is a question to be answered, who killed Reconstruction? There are those who say that the South lead to the end of Reconstruction because of the actions of hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. However, the most important cause of the end of Reconstruction were the actions of the North because of lingering racism and a lack of caring by Northerners.

The main issues that separated Republicans towards the end of the war was how to handle the south. Also who would be in change in keeping the south in check so they won’t go back to how they were pre civil war. If I was a member of congress at the time I would of supported the Radical Republicans and there Reconstruction plan. I would support them because they supported equal rights for Africans Americans and cause I think the south was causing more harm than good. So if I was a congress man during this time I would have the same objectives as the Radical

     Radical Republicans wanted to enact a far-reaching transformation of Southern social and economic life, permanently ending the old planter class system, and favored granting freed slaves citizenship and voting rights. After the war, they came to believe whites in the South were seeking

There were many different approaches of political goals set for reconstruction. Republicans dealt with the political control. Conservatives within the party