Dbq Reconstruction

The Freedmen Bureau was the federal institution in control of those terrains given to blacks and now they had to take it back. Under the administration of O. O. Howard the bureau functions were to "establish schools, provide aide to the poor and aged, settle disputes between whites and blacks and among freedpeople, and secure for former slave and white Unionist equal treatment before court," (Foner 483). The Bureau did not have enough agents to put in action the task appointed to it in the south. The Freedmen Bureau was dissolved after five years living the black man on its own.

Lincoln's main goal was to reunite the Union after the North had won and demolished most of the South. Lincoln wanted to reunite the North and South but the South didn't want to join a slave free north. Lincoln came up with the 10 percent plan which required 10 percent of the state’s population to vote to be loyal to the North and then that state would have to create a new government. The southern states combated this plan with the Wade-Davis Bill which stated that reconstruction would be handed over to congress and the Southern States

The victory in the Civil War in 1865 gave 4 million slaves freedom, but the Reconstruction in the south introduced a problem. For a while it was a dream that reconstruction might come true. Reconstruction was the action of rebuilding in the south. Many were hopeful that the Reconstruction may happen. There was terrorist attacks and acts of prejudice going on but who or what killed reconstruction? Although the South was an important contributor The north caused reconstruction to end.

The Reconstruction era was necessary for rebuilding the south. It was a success in some aspects and failure in others. The main purpose of the reconstruction was almost fulfilled, but it didn't stay after the reconstruction. Its aftermath was terrible in some aspects especially for african americans.

Right after General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the North, ending the Civil War, decisions were made on how to secure equality for all African Americans socially, economically, and politically. The question is, exactly how successful were these attempts to allow all African Americans have the same rights as Whites during that time? Reconstruction was most successful politically because of the new laws made to give this race a chance for equality in the United States, failed economically because of less opportunities, and was even more of a failure socially because of much racism.

Although the attempted reformation of the U.S. were increasingly substantial, the reconstruction era had a negative connotation, leaving a wounded nation to attempt to reconstruct after. The Civil War, one of America’s bloodiest conflicts, has left a lasting imprint with the high percentage of fatalities and significant damage to property. The division of the north and south left scarring results, fueling the fire of the slavery debacle. With the Unions win in 1865, the skirmish was far from over. Through the anguish and discord of the rebuilding, those w Those who were persecuted before can not escape the discrimination and freedom yet to come. Equality for all comes with a hefty price. The reconstruction of America saw successes, yet is overshadowed by the impending darkness that

On the KKK Document, Reconstruction was a failure because it lead to white supremacy. Abram Colby, who was a former slave and a member of the Georgia legislature, was beaten in an effort to put an end to him being a Radical Republican. In the KKK document, it states, “they sent in and whipped me a thousand licks more, with sticks and straps that had buckles on the ends of them.” Members of the Ku Klux Klan had beaten Colby savagely in 1869 in an attempt to end his political activities as a Radical Republican, after prior efforts to bribe the black legislator had failed. Colby was kidnapped and beaten by the famous white supremacy group known as the Ku Klux Klan because he was a radical. Radicals wanted African Americans to be given full citizenship

With the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, a new president sought to reunite the nation at the end of the Civil war. The presence of Andrew Jackson in the white House took the Republican Party and the newly freed slaves in directions that shaped the way the North made policy toward the defeated south. The process became known as reconstruction, and it remained one of the most controversial periods in all of American history. During this period of reconstruction, was set out to change the south and better the lives of the white and black people that lived there. Upon President Lincoln’s assassination, the nation looked to the new presidents for leadership. Andrew Johnson was unknown to most political insiders, and promised to pursue Lincoln’s

William Smith Smith AP U.S. History – 7 3 January 2015 Essential Questions 1. The most prominent reason why Reconstruction was considered a failure was the status of African Americans after reconstruction was already over. The agreements following the Civil War were made in order to make African Americans equal in the eyes of the law and the opportunities they were able to pursue. But after the war the southern states were widely ignored as they passed laws to segregate the races and prevent blacks from voting. They remained very low on social tiers as well, and very little people in the south changed the way they treat black people.

Reconstruction The end of Civil War in 1877 when the last federal troops were pulled out of the South is known as Reconstruction. Although the process could not begin to the end of war, attempts at restoring the war began long before. The Civil War was the most bitter war, it has been called the brother’s war, or the “War of Northern Aggression.” Over 600,000 Americans died during the Civil War and another 400,000 suffered wounds.

After the war presidents were under Northern pressure to let the South suffer for their actions. With this taken into account, Lincoln formed the 10% reconstruction plan in 1863. The plan stated that states could be accepted back into the Union once 10% of the voters in the 1860 election

Reconstruction was a period of time in the United States that made history immediately towards the Ccivil Wwar. A lack of political focus on the effort failed to solve the sectional wounds and elimination of the freed slaves’ newly gained civil liberties failed to bring about long-term racial integration. In order for the slaves to have gotten social and economic equality, the North would have had to have focused strongly on pushing for black equality. In other words it was a social failure because it spawned segregation in the south that we still have today. It failed economically because Reconstruction sent the former slaves back into the fields to the sharecroppers, which drove them into debt and made them become slaves again. I believe the Reconstruction was a failure because of politically, socially, and economic reasons.

During the late 1800s which was the end of reconstruction for the United States of America, was when jobs really started to take skyrocket in the south. According to the white from there the south was starting to industrialize. But indeed it did not the south was still big with farms and agriculture. Which forced African Americans to work as farmers and have the low end of jobs. According to these three documents(Henry Grady, The New South (1890), Testimony of North Carolina Industrial Workers (1887), and Mississippi Constitution (1890))

They also called for any officials to swear an oath of allegiance to the union.2 After Lincoln's assassination, and Johnson's inaugeration these plans changed. Johnson pardoned all the southern leaders that were in trouble for seceding from the union. This effectively put them back in power in the South. Ultimately everything that congress and Lincoln had tried to do in the south. Taking back the power from those who seceded. As well as any help that was given to the poor whites or any blacks in the south was undone by Johnson.

During this period President Johnson continued his pardons and the 10% plan continued to readmit states to the union. Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia were a few of the 10% states readmitted. In opposition to Johnson's readmission policies and his Reconstruction plan, Radicals began to refuse to allow Democrats to sit in Congress. Congress also passes the Tenure of Office Act inhibiting the power of the President.