Radical Republicans

Thomas Jefferson began a massive shift of power from the Federalists to the Republicans that would lead to the eventual disintegration of the Federalists. The first way Jefferson’s election did this was through the striking down of many Federalist policies, such as repealing the Judiciary Act of 1801, which got rid of 40 Federalist…

Texas has had a unique history with regards to the number of constitutions the state has governed under. The sixth and final constitution was framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875. In 1876, it was adopted and remains the backbone for governing Texas today. Starting with Texas’ independence from Mexico in 1836 and leading up to the Constitution of 1876, Texas went through a range of political beliefs. The constitution that Texas governs from today contains provisions that were vital…

they affect and shape Burr’s family and himself in his own political career. It also shows a view of Aaron Burr, contrary to the common, as a man with few bad intentions, though plenty of misjudgement. Aaron Burr took a view of women particularly radical for the time period, that they had the potential to be entirely equal to men. Understandably, this opinion is extremely further behind the view of women in modern America. Even the younger Theodosia, raised just as the Burrs would have raised…

economic issues and political division between radical and moderate Republicans. Three important amendments were passed out to protect the civil rights of freedmen and helped them become part of society, but at the end racism and discrimination from the Southerners lead by Jim Crow caused a reversion of the achievements the Congress once accomplished. The Freedmen’s Bureau was an important step toward Reconstruction, but unfortunately the Republicans failed to protect the former slaves from…

French Revolution Feminism Despite the various events that happened during the French Revolution, such as the fall of Bastille, March on Versailles, and the Reign of Terror, women still prevailed and fought for their rights in a sexist and misogynist world. On October 4, 1789, a crowd of women marched towards Versailles demanding bread for their families. Fewer than two years later, in 1791, Marie Gouze, or better known as Olympes de Gouges, proposed a reform platform to the French National…

The Editorial Board of the New York Times’ article, “The Republican Attack on Muslims,” was written to call out Republicans on their false accusations and statements on the Muslim religion and people as a whole. The purpose of this article is to point out and stop Anti-Muslims throughout the Republican party and the people that follow them, who give American Muslims a bad reputation, in which ruins their chances of ever potentially becoming President. Muslims are people that follow the religion…

Union’s victory of the Civil War did not bring the previously anticipated peace to the United States. Instead it led to a period of time known as “reconstruction,” which lasted from the end of the war in 1865 to 1877. This period is significant for its radical reforms mixed with racial tensions and divisions. The North won the war and established laws to integrate equality into society. Meanwhile, the South lost the war but was able to manipulate the system and mandate how they treated blacks in…

abolitionism and politics on anti-slavery. The Scorpion’s sting argues constructively with Republicans of them committing destruction of slavery inside the United States as the policy of the federal institution felt that it was necessary to, but the institution were wrong as that policy was a mistake for their own insecurity. Oakes tells us of the Republicans efforts failed shortly claiming of the radical policy to emancipate the military, but just as important to ending slavery, if not on a…

The Progressive Era (1890s to 1920s) saw the rise of the Progressive movement, a reform movement that arose in response to the negative effects of industrialization; progressive reformers sought to regulate private industry, strengthen protections for workers and consumers, expose corruption in both government and big business, and improve society. On the surface, the Progressive movement was successful because reformers influenced the passage of substantive legislation, however, the tendency of…

opposite. Reconstruction took place mostly in the South and the time was around 1865-1877. Reconstruction started after the Civil War when people focused on rebuilding the United States. During this period, Radical Republicans were focused on giving fights to freedmen. Therefore, Radical Republicans aimed to grant freedmen social, political, and economic rights. While Reconstruction gave some social, political, and economic rights to African Americans, ultimately the goals were not fully…