Reconstruction era of the United States

personal rights to property, but in reality the government only demanded proper civility among the people it served. When properly examined we will be able to understand the true reality; of how both white and freed Americans struggled during the Reconstruction era, how white culture differed from Native values, and then finally the industrialization of America during the late nineteenth century. The Union’s approach to the Civil War crippled crops of…

While the Reconstruction after the civil war was multi-faceted, there were three main goals of Reconstruction era. The North wanted to restore the Union to include all of the Southern states so they could become one nation, compromise with the Southern states that ceded before and during the war to give them a reason to come back and reunite, and to help blacks reenter society by giving them a voice and opportunities never before had. While these goals seemed simple enough, different views of…

developed a new environment socially, politically, and economically for Americans. The process of restoring the unity of the United States known as Reconstruction established a new way of life for freed slaves but also deprived them of several human rights as well, while the following advancement in manufacturing and transportation paved the way for new forms of success in the era of Industrialization. Although these two events are different in some ways they both have an overall result of no…

Reconstruction is an era in United States history that can be defined by the period of time immediately following the Civil war when the Government decided that the defiant southern states could be apart the Union again. In the south, this period can be characterized by freedom for the slaves, but it unfortunately came at a cost. These slaves were subjected to terrible prejudice, unfair laws, and struggled for the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln, the president during the civil war was…

What were the different approaches to the Reconstruction of the Confederate states? In 1863, President Lincoln set forth a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which allowed the reunification of the rebellious Confederates to the Union if a small portion (10 percent) of them pledged their commitment and loyalty to the Union and more importantly the constitution. Once Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency and adopted similar plans to Lincoln.…

dominance over the Republican Party present during the era of Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan itself was racially motivated, using violence and aggression to regulate who could and who couldn’t hold positions of office. The Klan was a result of a political control issue between itself and members of the Republican Party which included a vast majority of newly freed slaves. Within the Republican Party. Within “The Ku Klux Klan: A Study in Reconstruction Politics and Propaganda” (1962), Otto…

Dunning and Eric Foner, Historians Evaluated Reconstruction on Basis of Their Background and Historical Context: Which Historian Is Better-supported? The interpretations of historians show the general views of that period. After the Civil war, so-called Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) brought notable change to American society and transformed role of the American government. William Dunning is a historian who lived throughout the Civil War to the post-Reconstruction period, in which Jim-Crow…

The “Colfax Massacre” was undoubtedly one of the largest acts of racial violence in the “Reconstruction era”. In 1872-1873 after the civil war, Ulysses S. Grant granted politicians from the north political power in order to keep the Confederates away from writing laws which would render the entire point of the Civil War useless. Although because of this, the Confederates wanted to continue dehumanizing the African-American population. They continued restricting the rights of the African-American…

In the Reconstruction period, “black women continued building community and identity from the tattered fragments of enslavement’s legacy and cultural brokenness” (“Claiming Their Citizenship: African American from 1624-2009.”). The ability to legally marry and raise…

The Ultimate Battle 1860 -1877 were years that encompassed major events beginning as early as the Civil War leading up until the end of Reconstruction. After numerous efforts to improve the country and the status of African Americans after the Civil War, extreme developments were made. Although there were many factors that assisted the reform movement, the key developments were mainly constitutional and social. Events occurring throughout the North and South contributing to the revolution…