Who Killed Reconstruction Dbq
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Reconstruction began in 1865 and ended in 1877. Reconstruction is known as the rebuilding of the U.S. following the Civil War where they would allow southern's back into the union.The military then organized for new elections, which were three groups and they were; freedmen, carpetbaggers, and scalawags. They all worked together to plan new state governments. Reconstruction died because of two main causes, the south tried to stop it and the north gave in. After the Civil War, Rutherford B. Hayes was president and he promised to remove the last federal soldiers from the south. This act lead to the KKK (Ku-Klux-Klan) outbreak of violence. In Document B, Colby,a former slave who was elected to the Georgia State Legislature during Reconstruction, was kidnapped and whipped for three hours or more and left him for dead. This states that the South killed Reconstruction because of the outbreak of the KKK. Another piece of evidence is in Document A, Tourgee, served as a judge during Reconstruction and wrote this letter to the Northern Carolina Republican Senator, Joseph Carter Abbott. He informs him that their friend John W. Stephens, state senator from casswell, is dead. He was foully murdered by the Ku-Klux-Klan in the Grand Jury room of the Courthouse, he was stabbed five or six times, and then hanged on a hook in the Grand Jury room. This also …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Describes reconstruction as the rebuilding of the u.s. following the civil war where they allowed southern's back into the union.
- Explains that the south killed reconstruction because of the kkk outbreak of violence.
- Explains that carpetbaggers were recent arrivals from the north who supported african americans. they provided aid for emancipated africans by the founding of black churches, public schools, and universities.
- Opines that the south killed reconstruction because they tried to stop it and the north gave in. the ku- klux-klan violently killed african americans and people who supported them.
There was a new Military Reconstruction Act that was passed to make sure African Americans new rights were protected. The carpetbaggers provided aid for emancipated African Americans. In the article “ North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction?” it shows how the carpetbaggers supported emancipated African Americans by the founding of Black Churches, Public schools, and Universities were built for black children. In this case, the northern states tried to help the southern states to keep reconstruction but the KKK took hands in their own
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- Who Killed Reconstruction Dbq Analysisanalytical essayTyler Tenney 9/22/15 S.S./English DBQ:Reconstruction Who killed Reconstruction, North Neglect or South Resistance? Reconstruction was a nasty period in History. Reconstruction took place after the civil war. In the civil war there was lots of devastation. Buildings and houses were being destroyed so people needed something called Reconstruction.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that reconstruction was a nasty period in history. it took place after the civil war.
- Analyzes how south resistance killed reconstruction because they had kkk, a terrorist group. in document ait, abram colby said that the south resistance had power over the north neglect.
- Explains that south killed reconstruction because they were murdering people. kkk was targeting congressmen, radical republicans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags.
- Explains that the south resistance killed reconstruction because south had the terrorist group kkk, and south was murdering people.
604 wordsRead More - South Killed Reconstructionopinionated essayWho do you think killed Reconstruction? The South or the North? This is a very controversial topic since both the North and the South’s actions impacted the progression of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Act took place after the Civil War. It was the rebuilding of the United States after what was left of the Civil War. Reconstruction was a time in America consisting of many leaders, goals and accomplishments. Though, like most things in life, it came to an end, the result was both a success and a failure. The South killed Reconstruction. They weren’t interested in equal rights and they showed much violence towards the North and African-Americans.
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- Opines that the south killed reconstruction because they weren't interested in equal rights and showed violence towards the north and african-americans.
- Explains how the south wasn't interested in equal rights when they created laws called the black codes, which took away the right of assembly from them.
- Analyzes how the south used violence to bring down reconstruction, like the creation of the ku klux klan.
- Opines that the north's actions may have impacted reconstruction in a negative way, but most of them made sense.
- Concludes that the south killed reconstruction because they weren't interested in equal rights and showed violence towards the north and african-americans.
685 wordsRead More - Who Killed Reconstructionanalytical essayReconstruction has been brutally murdered! For a little over a decade after the Civil War, the victorious North launched a campaign of social, economic, and political recovery in South. Martial law was also implemented in the South. Eventually, the North hoped to admit the territory in the former Confederacy back into the United States as states. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments freed the African Americans, made them citizens, and gave them the right to vote. Despite this, Reconstruction was unfortunately cut short in 1877. The North killed Recosntruction because of racism, negligence, and distractions.
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- Analyzes how the north launched a campaign of social, economic, and political recovery in the south after the civil war. the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments freed the african americans and gave them the right to vote.
- Analyzes how the north killed reconstruction because they were racist. freedmen politicians were portrayed as corrupt "fat cats" and caused chaos and bedlam in the legislatures they served in.
- Analyzes how the north's negligence contributed to the end of reconstruction. the north failed to notice the many racially motivated atrocities that occurred in the south.
- Analyzes how the north was distracted and needed to shift their focus from reconstruction to other affairs.
- Concludes that the evidence proves the north was racist, negligent, and distracted, thus proving them guilty of killing reconstruction.
682 wordsRead More - North or South: Reconstruction after the American Civil Waranalytical essayBut once again America was reunited, but its economy was ruined, and was socially and politically damaged. After the Civil War, change was needed. The Civil War helped African Americans get their citizenships, rights to vote, and more importantly, their freedom. On April 11, 1865, President Lincoln introduced his plan for Reconstruction (“Cause”). The Reconstruction was meant to improve and restore America into a successful, united country while helping recently “free” African Americans in society. He warned people that the, years of the Reconstruction would be “fraught with great difficulty.” Three days later he was assassinated (“Cause”). The twelve years after the Civil War was called Reconstruction. The Reconstruction era was an opportunity of change and was an expansion of freedom for former slaves. It was a time where the North and the Republicans were attempting to fix the Southern economy, set up new governments and support the rights of freedmen. There were also many problems and resistance to the Reconstruction process. “…there were so many different views about how Reconstruction should be accomplished, and because so much...
In this essay, the author
- Describes how the american civil war came to a terrible and bloody end with six hundred thousand casualties, the north winning and the south losing. southern soldiers returned from the war and found their home in ruins.
- Explains that the civil war helped african americans get their citizenships, rights to vote, and freedom. the reconstruction era was an opportunity of change and an expansion of freedom for former slaves.
- Explains that many steps were taken to ensure the african americans got their freedom and their rights. the thirteenth amendment to the constitution states that slavery is abolished and has ended.
- Analyzes how abram colby was assaulted by the kkk because he was a leader who jeopardized white american control and power.
- Analyzes the ku klux klan in reconstruction north carolina: methods of madness in the struggle for southern
- Analyzes how the election of 1876 crushed the dreams of millions of african americans. it was the same year as the celebration of the united states’ freedom from england.
- Argues that the north and the south were responsible for ending the efforts to establish the rights and protection for southern blacks after the civil war.
1766 wordsRead More - Was The Reconstruction A Success Or A Failureanalytical essayReconstruction is the period of rebuilding the south that succeeded the Civil War (1861-1865). This period of time is set by the question now what? The Union won the war and most of the south was destroyed. Devastation, buildings turned into crumbles and lost crops. The South was drowning in poverty. To worsen the situation there were thousands of ex-slaves that were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13 Amendment. "All these ex-slaves", Dr. Susan Walens commented, "and no place to put them," The ex-slaves weren't just homeless but they had no rights, unlike white man. The government and congress had to solve the issues present in the south and the whole nation in order to re-establish the South. These issues were economical, social and political. The United States had presidential and congressional reconstruction. Reconstruction was a failure, a great attempt to unify the nation. It was a failure due to the events that took place during this period.
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- Explains that reconstruction was a failure due to the events that took place during this period.
- Analyzes how the special field order 15 put all the land under federal control acquired by the government during the war to use for the homestead of the blacks.
- Explains that the freedmen bureau was the federal institution in control of terrains given to blacks and now they had to take it back.
- Analyzes how president johnson started the period of reconstruction by pardoning confederates soldiers if they pleaded loyalty and alliance to the union.
- Explains that congress impeached president johnson for slowing the reconstruction. grant won the elections, and the 15th amendment was added to the constitution.
- Explains that reconstruction was a hard time where bad decisions took place but god ones were put in effect like the three amendments, the civil rights bill, and the tenure of office.
957 wordsRead More - Why Did Reconstruction Fail?analytical essayReconstruction is known as the period after the Civil war. The whole country was separated in two, people didn’t know what to do, the south was completely destroyed, and there were a lot of decisions to be made by the president. It lasted four years, and there was over half a million casualties between the union (North) and the confederate states (South). The north was declared the winner of the war after General Lee surrender in the Appomattox court house on April 9, 1865. The causes of the war was the secession of several southern states, they argued that it was up to them and it was in their rights to decide whether they should make slavery legal or illegal in their own boundaries. But the Union had other things in mind, the union wanted to decide whether or not the states were going to have slaves. This was just to make sure the country was equal on slavery and non-slavery on both sides, but states thought the union was abusing their power and being too strict on them, and that is when they decided to secede. The first state to secede was south Carolina, then they were followed by six other states, among those states were Florida, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. These states got together and created the confederate states of America in February 4, 1861, and the president was Jefferson Davis, they also made a government similar to the one of the U.S. Constitution.
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- Describes the period after the civil war, when the country was separated in two, the south was destroyed, and there were decisions to be made by the president.
- Explains that lincoln's plan to reunite the nation, restore, and heal the wounds that the aftermath of the civil war had left behind sparked tensions in the north.
- Explains that congress created the freedmen's bureau, which helped recently-freed slaves that had lost their home plantations due to the wars, and passed the civil rights act.
- Cites cassel, s. (2008, june 1). the failure of reconstruction. history conection.
- Cites gordon, t. (2010, january 1). reconstruction. the story of us. retrieved april 17, 2014.
- Analyzes how the complexity and number of ideas that led to confusion and further separation of the nation caused the process to crash and fail.
945 wordsRead More - Reasons why the South Won Reconstructionanalytical essayThe Civil War marked a defining moment in United States history. Long simmering sectional tensions reached critical when eleven slaveholding states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Political disagreement gave way to war as the Confederates insisted they had the right to leave the Union, while the loyal states refused to allow them to go. Four years of fighting claimed almost 1.5 million casualties, resulting in a Union victory. Even though the North won the war, they did a horrible job in trying to win the peace, or in other words, the Reconstruction era. Rather than eliminating slavery in the South, the Southerners had a new form of slavery, which was run by a new set of codes called "Black Codes”. With the help of President Johnson, the South continued their plantations, in essence becoming exactly what they were before the war. Overall, the South won Reconstruction because in the end they got slavery (without the name), they got an easy pass back into the Union, and things reverted back to the way they had been prior the war.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the civil war marked a defining moment in united states history when eleven slaveholding states seceded from the union and formed the confederate states of america.
- Explains that after the civil war, the south needed to rejoin the north to become a united states. after lincoln's assassination, president andrew johnson took over.
- Explains that president andrew johnson, a southern democrat, was in favor of the south. he agreed with lincoln's ten-percent plan and pushed it forward.
- Analyzes how the south was able to prevent the north from imposing their northern way of life on the south during reconstruction. they removed black politicians from office and ensured that blacks never had political and civil rights.
- Concludes that lincoln won the war for the north, but president johnson won reconstruction by allowing them to create their own laws to keep the former slaves down.
837 wordsRead More - Why Did Reconstruction Become Violent Case Studyexplanatory essayWhy did reconstruction become violent? How did congress and the Grant administration try to curb the violence?
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- Describes the reasons why reconstruction became violent and how congress and the grant administration tried to curb the violence.
- Explains how the ku klux klan attacked black voters, freedmen's bureau workers, and republican members in response to black suffrage.
- Explains that reconstruction ended because it wasn't accomplishing anything and it was wasting money.
- Explains that the railroads allowed people to travel west and have a connection to the east, which made the expansion of the nation easier and profitable.
- Describes the critical factors that led to the conquest of native american tribes and their forced relocation to reservations.
- Explains that after the civil war, americans began to look west for opportunities to make money. the government gave land to people that they "acquired" from the native americans.
- Explains that andrew carnegie was a scottish immigrant who moved to america with his family. he created steel that allowed technological advances.
- Describes an organization set up by the government on march 1866 to help former slaves integrate into american society after the civil war.
- Describes the native's final attempt to push the americans off of their lands in 1887. a northern paiute shaman told the natives that he spoke with god and said that preforming the ghost dance would drive off the white man.
- Explains that he organized the standard oil company of ohio in 1863. he became wealthy industrialist who lowered the cost and improved the quality of oil.
- Explains the name given to reporters that went into the "muck" of society and exposed to the populist in the early 20th century.
- Describes the first major strike in american history, which paralyzed the railway system by taking over and burning locomotives.
- States that the 14th amendment gave the right of citizenship to african americans and equal protection under the law.
- States that the 15th amendment gave african americans the right to vote and was added in 1869.
- Explains that standard time was instituted on november 8, 1893, and became popular because it helped with communication and travel.
- Explains that the factory fire on march 25 1911 killed many children because the door was locked and the fire trucks ladder only reached to the 6th floor. this horrifying incident led to improved safety precautions and regulation of working conditions.
- Explains that during the 17th century the living room was very formal and the american family was also formal.
- Explains that immigration was unregulated and many came seeking the well-known american dream (land of opportunity). immigrants came to find work and freedom that they did not have in their former countries.
- Describes the terms used by southern whites to describe people who sided with republicans and helped the reconstruction after the civil war. redeemers wanted to keep african americans suppressed.
1137 wordsRead More - Differing Views On Reconstructionanalytical essayBy 1866, several distinct positions on Reconstruction emerged. These were divided into three opposing camps: Conservatives (democrats), Moderates, and Radicals. The Conservatives believed the South should be readmitted into the Union as soon as possible, but the Radicals and Moderates believed there should be consequences for succeeding.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that by 1866, several distinct positions on reconstruction emerged, divided into three opposing camps: conservatives (democrats), moderates, and radicals.
- Explains that the conservatives, led by president johnson, believed in a rapid readmission, into the union, for the defeated southern states.
- Analyzes how the conservative plans for reconstruction allowed the former confederate leadership to regain high-ranking political positions, which made the republicans fear that the south would eventually move down the path of war with the union.
- Explains why the conservatives wanted to enact this policy was because they were the ones guilty of succession. this was their way of protecting their self-interests.
- Explains that the conservative plan for reconstruction infuriated the radicals. they proposed confiscating confederate land, and distributing it to freed african americans or poor whites, the only way southern hierarchical system could be toppled.
- Analyzes how thaddeus stevens pushed for the full equality of african americans and wanted the south to be reconstructed in the north's image.
- Explains how the moderates believed in the "grasp of war" theory, which called for a military occupation of the south, while radicals disagreed on the idea of land confiscation.
- Explains that both moderates and radicals shared the philosophy of racial egalitarianism. they were staunch supporters of the 13th and 14th amendments.
- Explains that the radicals, moderates and conservatives disagreed on how to reconstruct the south. the conservative plan to bring the south back into the union without suffering any consequences for starting the civil war or owning slaves was in direct contradiction to the republican view.
1079 wordsRead More - Success of Reconstructionexplanatory essayReconstruction was the time period following the Civil War, which lasted from 1865 to 1877, in which the United States began to rebuild. The term can also refer to the process the federal government used to readmit the defeated Confederate states to the Union. While all aspects of Reconstruction were not successful, the main goal of the time period was carried out, making Reconstruction over all successful. During this time, the Confederate states were readmitted to the Union, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were ratified, and African Americans were freed from slavery and able to start new lives.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that reconstruction was the time period following the civil war, in which the united states began to rebuild.
- Explains that reconstruction was to readmit the confederate states into the union. the ten percent plan was devised by president lincoln and andrew johnson.
- Explains that tennessee was the only former confederate state recognized as having been readmitted to the union because it had ratified the fourteenth amendment.
- Explains how reconstruction helped to improve the lives of former slaves. after the civil war, african americans were allowed to make everyday decisions and take control of their lives.
- Explains that the period of reconstruction after the civil war was successful because it brought the confederate states back into the union and helped african americans experience aspects of life that they had never before been allowed to.
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