Assignment #16:
Section A: I believe that Lincoln’s decision to stand by his view that slavery should be illegal was a wise one, even though is escalated things that led to the Civil War. I believe this because slavery needed to be abolished and there wouldn’t have been an optimal time for any president to oppose slavery with so many people in support of it. Eventually, things would have led to a Civil War regardless, because even if it wasn’t Lincoln another president would’ve tried to abolish it and faced the same dilemma. There are times when it is best to back down from an argument to avoid conflict when the conflict can be resolved through other peaceful means. However, I don’t believe that this conflict that led to the Civil War could’ve …show more content…
Racial violence, economical struggle, and political issues. According to the American Yawp textbook, “Racial violence in the Reconstruction period took three major forms: riots against black political authority, interpersonal fights, and organized vigilante groups.” Racial fights were rampant in the South, because the white people didn’t want to recognize the former African American slaves as free people. This led to many riots, acts of violence, and many trying to interfer with the freedom with the black people. The next problem was the economy in the South. According to the American Yawp textbook, “For the South as a whole, the war and Reconstruction marked the start of a period of deep poverty that would last until at least the New Deal of the 1930s.” During this time, the states didn’t have the money to rebuild and many were in debt. In addition, many plantation owners and former slave owners were in debt or lost their wealth as it was tied up in their slaves. The last problem the South faced was political. According to the video on Reconstruction, in the mid-1870s, racial violence affected the elections in the South when the white people would use violence or other scare tactics to turn the African Americans away from voting. They also would vote many times
Section A: I believe that Lincoln’s decision to stand by his view that slavery should be illegal was a wise one, even though is escalated things that led to the Civil War. I believe this because slavery needed to be abolished and there wouldn’t have been an optimal time for any president to oppose slavery with so many people in support of it. Eventually, things would have led to a Civil War regardless, because even if it wasn’t Lincoln another president would’ve tried to abolish it and faced the same dilemma. There are times when it is best to back down from an argument to avoid conflict when the conflict can be resolved through other peaceful means. However, I don’t believe that this conflict that led to the Civil War could’ve …show more content…
Racial violence, economical struggle, and political issues. According to the American Yawp textbook, “Racial violence in the Reconstruction period took three major forms: riots against black political authority, interpersonal fights, and organized vigilante groups.” Racial fights were rampant in the South, because the white people didn’t want to recognize the former African American slaves as free people. This led to many riots, acts of violence, and many trying to interfer with the freedom with the black people. The next problem was the economy in the South. According to the American Yawp textbook, “For the South as a whole, the war and Reconstruction marked the start of a period of deep poverty that would last until at least the New Deal of the 1930s.” During this time, the states didn’t have the money to rebuild and many were in debt. In addition, many plantation owners and former slave owners were in debt or lost their wealth as it was tied up in their slaves. The last problem the South faced was political. According to the video on Reconstruction, in the mid-1870s, racial violence affected the elections in the South when the white people would use violence or other scare tactics to turn the African Americans away from voting. They also would vote many times