Radical Republicans

black Southerners, many of who had just been freed from the confines of slavery. For some, just the existence of white Republican authority figures that were sympathetic to their plight made all the difference. Others were inspired to run for office and become activists themselves, even at great risk to their safety (Foner 161). But not every African American felt that Radical Reconstruction was a success: Frederick Douglass opined in his 1881 autobiography that the “experiment in equality had…

Dunning believed that Congress and northerners, implied radical Republicans and abolitionists, did not intend black equality but wanted only “radical politicians to prolong and extend their party power by means of negro suffrage” (Dunning par.2). Accusing northerners inconceivably using military command to force the southerners to believe blacks were equal…

One of the main differences between presidential Reconstruction and congressional Reconstruction was that the presidential Reconstructions were a lot more lenient toward the southern states that were apart of the Confederacy. Due to the Radical Republicans within Congress during this time, they did not like this one bit. Congress would go on to overrule President Johnson and implement a very harsh variety of Reconstruction. President Abraham Lincoln wanted to bring all states back together to…

A neorealist state needs to be sure it has more to gain than its rivals. Neoliberalism is a theory shaped by the ideas of commercial, republican, sociological, and institutional liberalism. They see the international system as anarchic but believe that relations can be managed. Neoliberals think actors with common interests will try to maximize absolute gains. When applying liberal ideas…

be able to adapt to their surroundings. Additionally, the broadcast “Hearing Muslim Voices Since 9/11” made some valid points about moderate Muslims being mistreated. That Islam as a whole is being accused of terrorism instead of blaming the few radical Muslims. Therefore, I think it is unfair to accuse a whole group of people of the crimes of a single…

The 1964 Civil Rights Act was written by the Republican party and provided the majority of votes needed to pass the bill through the Senate. Although LBJ signed a weaker and more critically challenged 1964 Civil Rights Act, he fought against the 1957 Civil Rights Act while serving as the Senate Democratic…

Liberals believe that government action should be taken to achieve equality for each and every citizen. They believe that the government has obligations it needs to fulfill, so government intervention is favorable, especially within the economy where it needs to regulate business and government programs. Conservatives on the other hand prefer smaller, slower changes. Rather than having the government involved in the economy, they prefer a laissez faire regulation of the market and businesses.…

suspected radicals and those radicals were usually new immigrants. Besides, most of the Americans were afriad the red scare would bring the grievance of some people and make the society unstable. Therefore, people supported the immigration's restriction. Third, a mass strike is also an exogenous shock, such as Great Steel Strike of 1919. The Great Steel Strike of 1919 proved to be a dismal failure for the steel workers. Many employers thought that the workers were the dangerous radicals who…

desolate and dispirited postwar South. The issue of how to implement Reconstruction on the South was one that weighed heavy on the Republicans’ minds (Brinkley). President Abraham Lincoln chose to approach the matter with a scalpel and bouquet of red roses, while the Radicals, under Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner insisted on an axe and bouquet of dynamite. The Radicals were much more fervent in their believe that the South deserved a harsh response, more like reprimanding than restoration.…

After my research i have found my answers for the three questions, the first question was who were the Ku Klux Klan, they are the most infamous and oldest of American hate groups. The black americans have typically been the Klan’s primary target, it also has attacked Jews and immigrants. historically , the KKK used terrorism both physical assault and murder against individuals whom they opposed. The first Klan flourished in the southern United States in the late 1860s, then died out by the…