<em>What was the significance of the peasants revolt?</em>
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The Peasants Revolt 1381. The Peasants Revolt of 1381 was the first popular uprising in England. The peasants were objecting to high taxation and demanding payment of wages in money. They marched on London, but were fooled by the King, and their leader, Wat Tyler, murdered.
1. C--the automation of jobs: as technology increased manufacturing jobs were filled by technology leaving other jobs to be created. The service sector was the result of that innovation.
2. B--prosecute members of the Communist Party: The Smith Act made threats to overthrow the government illegal. Since communist is based on the overthrow of a government, this act justified the search and investigation of communists.
The Reconstruction tried to generate opportunities to end the segregation between white Americans and African Americans in the Southern States by giving them job opportunities and voting rights so they could be elected into important political roles.
During the Reconstruction African Americans were able to enjoy family bonds and tried to make a way for former slaves buying land to cultivate.
The problem was that the way Reconstruction was imposed created a brutal reaction in southern whites, that believed that they were stripped of their liberty, because of that many became committed to keeping blacks in a subservient position. With the election of President Johnson Reconstruction changed and the land was returned to white landowners which avoided land redistribution in the South.
The sharecropping system was a way of maintaining those ex-slaves and African Americans dependent on the landowners, it limited economic development and ensured that the South remained an agricultural location.
As we can see, the Reconstruction fell short of accomplishing its objectives because at the end it caused resentment in the Southern states, which backfired in the Black Codes and the creation of a series of white supremacy groups.
