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Positives and Negatives of the Reconstruction

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In the map for the end of reconstruction it clearly shows that the popular votes were won by the Democrat Samuel J. Tilden but subsides a problem is that the electoral votes were won by the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. This was a failure of the reconstruction because the states' government did not put in a law that is of which of the electoral votes or popular votes would be counted as the winners. There was also a failure in the states of Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina and Oregon because the votes were a shared because in the states existed both the democratic and republican parties. There is also a failure such as the Klan that which consisted of ancient confederates that would go and kill the republicans, black people and other people that may not agree with them. The poverty in the south still didn't change because there was a large portion of freed men and white men that remained poor and in the situation as before. The south's industrialization wasn't very successful for that purpose. There is also the fact that people still didn't think of black African Americans as the same as them but they thought of them as an inferior race.


The successes were that first of all the south and north got back together even if there was still enough tension between them. At the end there was the compromise of 1877 when the southern democrats agreed to give Hayes the presidency but in exchange he should remove the southern troops still present in the southern states. It also marked the end of the reconstruction. The southerners were free because the federal troops were gone and African American didn't risk anything because the thirteenth amendment has already gave them their freedom. Both Southerners and African Americans are winners and it is also important because they would be more free in the economic side.This was a great success because both parties were winners. There was also the come back of the southern economy and the increase and extension of an already present economy in the north. There was the Enforcement Act of 1870 which banned terror, force, bribery or other offensive actions to enforce the law. It was more pointed towards the KKK which was the most offensive thing right than. It was interesting that this law was made and I agree with it because it prevented from further murders and horrors present in that time of crisis. It also helped people air and not be scared. There were also the new amendments added to the constitution for further civil rights. This was a success but than later in history it wasn't the case and the difference between the whites and African Americans were different. That brought to them the civil rights act of 1964. Also there was success with the project of helping the freemen and their family to find new homes, jobs and reconstruct their lives in education. It is very important because after the war the freedmen were poor without any place to live and nothing to live on. The government like many of the present days governments helped them with their lives. Last but not least the southern states grew in their economy but also the education was enhanced to a system of mandatory education level which is very important because it change the education of the south and schools in the south that were basically based on military.

In the map for the end of reconstruction it clearly shows that the popular votes were won by the Democrat Samuel J. Tilden but subsides a problem is that the electoral votes were won by the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. This was a failure of the reconstruction because the states' government did not put in a law that is of which of the electoral votes or popular votes would be counted as the winners. There was also a failure in the states of Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina and Oregon because the votes were a shared because in the states existed both the democratic and republican parties. There is also a failure such as the Klan that which consisted of ancient confederates that would go and kill the republicans, black people and other people that may not agree with them. The poverty in the south still didn't change because there was a large portion of freed men and white men that remained poor and in the situation as before. The south's industrialization wasn't very successful for that purpose. There is also the fact that people still didn't think of black African Americans as the same as them but they thought of them as an inferior race.

The successes were that first of all the south and north got back together even if there was still enough tension between them. At the end there was the compromise of 1877 when the southern democrats agreed to give Hayes the presidency but in exchange he should remove the southern troops still present in the southern states. It also marked the end of the reconstruction. The southerners were free because the federal troops were gone and African American didn't risk anything because the thirteenth amendment has already gave them their freedom. Both Southerners and African Americans are winners and it is also important because they would be more free in the economic side.This was a great success because both parties were winners. There was also the come back of the southern economy and the increase and extension of an already present economy in the north. There was the Enforcement Act of 1870 which banned terror, force, bribery or other offensive actions to enforce the law. It was more pointed towards the KKK which was the most offensive thing right than. It was interesting that this law was made and I agree with it because it prevented from further murders and horrors present in that time of crisis. It also helped people air and not be scared. There were also the new amendments added to the constitution for further civil rights. This was a success but than later in history it wasn't the case and the difference between the whites and African Americans were different. That brought to them the civil rights act of 1964. Also there was success with the project of helping the freemen and their family to find new homes, jobs and reconstruct their lives in education. It is very important because after the war the freedmen were poor without any place to live and nothing to live on. The government like many of the present days governments helped them with their lives. Last but not least the southern states grew in their economy but also the education was enhanced to a system of mandatory education level which is very important because it change the education of the south and schools in the south that were basically based on military.


Reconstruction in Action

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The war has just ended and it is time for the civilians to reconstruct their nation, but the war has left much misery behind it. It had destroyed much of the transportation and accumulated a total of 9,000 miles of railroad. It had devoured farm lands and farm building and machinery. Animals that were used in the farm and much of the livestock, bridges and canals all were gone. the value of the southern farm properties had declined of 70 precent.

The civil war has just destroyed many lives. Men, husbands and brothers all died leaving behind their family; their wives and their children. The north has suffered a loss of over 364,000 people and more than 38,000 African American while the south lost 260,000 soldiers and only one fifth of them were white men. The people who have participated to the war are scarred for eternity but we are trying to reconstruct our nation.

After the civil war the African Americans in the south were now free. Over 4 million freed slaves are starting their new life in a poor region with slow economic activities. As slaves they have received inadequate food and shelter but now after a lifetime of forced labor and unreasoned suffering many are homeless, famished and jobless. Some of them though have chosen to continue on working on the plantation of their previous masters, others sought jobs on the West and the cities and on the North as well.

With out our president, Abraham Lincoln who was savagely assassinated we the nation of the United states are having a little of difficulty reconstructing our country and though with our previous Vice President and now President of the Untied States, Andrew Johnson who now all the hopes and future of reconstruction are in his hand.

Andrew Johnson was born in North Carolina. After Lincoln's death it was for the Vice president to take in charge of the nation and of the politics of it.

Before the start of his presidential state Johnson had already pursuit a plan for our nation's construction. It was much similar to the one done by our respected president Lincoln's plan in 1863.

This plan proposed a whole new start of the nation. It offered pardon to southerners who swore allegiance to the Union and the state could then hold elections and rejoin the Union.

The plan for the reconstruction of our nation now is to gather the southerners and the northerners in to one same political unit. The plan to reconstruct our nation is to join the Union.


Northern advantages V.S. Southern advantages

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North Advantages


In several aspects the north was better prepared for an eventual war if occurred. The north had more railroad mileage than the south; more then twice. (N=21,700 miles, S=9,000 miles.) Movement of food, supplies and troops were faster and more effective because of this. There were also more then five times more factories in the north then there was in the south, (N= 110,100; S=20,600) so the union was better able to produce the guns, ammunition and other things needed for the war. The economy was balanced in the north between farming and industry. The North was also much more wealthier than the South.

The Northerners had already their own functioning government with an army and a navy. The population in the north was twice as big than in the south (N=21,5 million; S= 9 million) which abled more people to participate in the war but also enough to stay back and work on the growth of their economy.


South Advantages


The South Confederates though had some advantages too. Most of the nation's military colleges were in the south, and a majority of the trained officers of the nation were southerners and they sided with the confederacy. The southerners also didn't need to initiate in the war to win it, all they needed is to maintain a well built defense. The morale of the southerners was also an advantage because most of them were eager to fight considering the war a struggle for their way of life.


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