The Reconstruction of America

referred to as “Reconstructions.” One of the most prominent was the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. Another two periods of change included the New Deal enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and the Civil Rights Movement starting in the 1950s. Both the New Deal and the Civil Rights Movement should be considered reconstructions according to two authors. In Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, William E. Leuchtenburg argues for the idea of “The Roosevelt Reconstruction,”…

The reconstruction was supposed to be a time of peace, and rebuilding America after the civil war, it was for from that. It started even more racism. The black people wanted equal rights because they finally got free from slavery, and were not treated well. They got the worst of the worst. When they got food, education, housing, and basic needs, they got it, it was just the worst of it, which did not make it much better. They were not allowed to vote in elections, and they had segregation,…

Reconstruction began in 1867 following the Civil war. Reconstruction Act established temporary military governments in ten confederate states and required the states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and permit freedmen to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment prohibited the states from denying citizens their rights. African Americans, Native American’s and immigrants didn’t have the privilege to enjoy the same freedoms as the whites. 1893, Fredrick Turner gave a speech about the western frontier.…

portrays them and America, they will buy it (Loewen Ch. 1). Authors had to be very cautious when writing history textbooks. They could not use certain words or concepts that would offend groups of people. They could not even use the word, “imagine” (Loewen Ch. 1). “Imagine” would suggest that magic exists and would offend some people.…

where everything is peaceful and everyone gets along. What if this actually were to be true? Diversity is said to be a positive influence on America, the most famous of “melting pots” around the world. With the arguments presented by Tocqueville, Harris, and DuBois we see that this perfect world of harmony between races is unrealistic. In Democracy In America, Tocqueville shares his notion that no matter what there will always be a divide because the races are simply not on similar playing…

complex issue that demanded radical transformations of the nation’s understanding of the American notion of freedom, the interrelationship of agricultural and industrial notions of labor, the social and political ramifications that were attached to reconstruction and finally the great impact that America’s emancipated slaves had on an international and global perspective. This book explains the working of emancipation in the Caribbean islands before the slaves were freed. The obnoxious problem…

“rediscovery,” “reconstruction,” and being “redefined,” and “projected,” out of the “junkyard/spirit yard” of African and African American cosmology, aesthetics, and philosophy has come the stuff of the recreation of African American…

“The Roaring Twenties” is well known for a complete change throughout America. Prohibition was one of the main movements that occurred during the 1920’s, which indeed affected America’s economy. Prohibition was under the 18th amendment which banned the transportation and manufacture of alcohol. Due to this many workers lost their job. This was a bad choice for America over all. Before the 18th amendment was put to work, Americans were enjoying their life to the fullest. However to every good…

Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (1905). The novel is based on what Dixon believed to be fact. Black Americans began to protest the film because of they were not portrayed in a positive light. Birth of a Nation made Reconstruction look as though it was a disaster for America. The Civil War addressed the issue of slavery and getting slavery owners out of power - all positive reasons to begin a war for the land of the free. Birth of a Nation was restating William Dunning’s…

Thaddeus Stevens, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, fought to abolish slavery and helped draft the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction, which granted citizenship to all persons born in the US. Stevens was unwavering in his desire to see the "infernal blot" of slavery removed from the republic. Thaddeus Stevens was born on April 4, 1792, in Danville, Vermont. Stevens had a difficult childhood, growing up fatherless, poor, and with a club foot.…