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elena55 [62]
2 years ago
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In the lessons in this unit, you have seen how political leaders introduced a variety of plans to bring about Reconstruction in

the United States. And you've seen some of the reactions that those plans provoked. In this activity, you'll explore how the actions and challenges of this period affected these three groups in particular: Northerners, people freed from slavery, and many white Southerners. Use these sources or ones you find on your own to learn more about Reconstruction and the people most affected. Using these sources, imagine what it would have been like to be a member of these three groups during Reconstruction. What would have been their anxieties, hopes, disappointments, sympathies, and obstacles? Write a brief response of about 200 to 250 words for each group.​
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Y_Kistochka [10]2 years ago
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When Reconstruction began in 1865, a broken America had just finished fighting the Civil War. It was a time period of “putting back the pieces”, as they say. It was the point where America attempted to become a full running country once again. This was not an easy task. The memory of massive death was still in the front of everyone’s mind, hardening into resentment and sometimes even hatred. The south was virtually non-existent politically or economically, and searching desperately for a way back in. Along with these things, now living amongst the population were almost four million former slaves, who had no idea how to make a living on their own. They had been freed by the 13th amendment in 1865, and in the future became a great concern to many political leaders. Still, it was no secret that something had to be done. One of the first people who came up with a blueprint for Reconstruction was the president at the time, Abraham Lincoln. The “Lincoln Plan” was a very open one, stating that after certain criteria were met, a confederate state could return to the union. To rejoin, a state had to have ten percent of voters both accept the emancipation of slaves and swear loyalty to the union. Also, those high ranking officers of the state could not hold office or carry out voting rights unless the president said so.

Upon Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, Andrew Johnson became president. In May, he inaugurated the period of Presidential Reconstruction (1865-67). Johnson offered a pardon to all Southern whites except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these subsequently received individual pardons), restoring their political rights and all property except for slaves. Many of the Radicals did not approve of Johnson’s plan. They felt he went over the limit with 13,000 pardons, and that he wasn’t paying enough attention to the major issue, the rights of slaves. In 1868 Andrew Johnson was impeached. All though he was not removed from office at this time, he was basically without authority. It was at this point, that Congress stepped in with their own plan of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Act finally passed by Congress and it had two main points to it. First, troops were required to move in and take up residence in the confederate states of the south. Secondly, any state that wanted back into the union was only allowed to do so when and if they changed their 14th amendment. They had to agree that all men born in the U.S. were citizens, and that because of that they were guaranteed equal treatment by the law.

Since the 1876 presidential election, there were two men running, Democrat Samuel Tilden, and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Due to the closeness of the race, a group of men called a “commission” was set up in order to figure out an outcome. In the end, the result was the Compromise of 1877. In this compromise, Hayes was declared the winner, and this was agreed on by both parties. The real kicker was the other stipulation, though. The military occupation of the southern states was put to an end. No big deal, right? WRONG! Without military force to back them up, the freed slaves living down there were without safety. It’s hard to say for sure whether or not Reconstruction was a success or a failure. Since the time it began people have been debating that question.

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