DBQ Essay By: Paige Cunningham The Civil War started in 1861 because the South wanted to protect their way of life. After many battles and many lives lost in 1865 the South surrendered to the North. This started the era of Reconstruction. Reconstruction went from 1865-1877 and was the period when Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the union. it also tried to bring rights to African Americans the issue with this goal was that things did get fixed for a little while like African Americans had voting rights and they had abolished slavery. However, Reconstruction was not successful because it failed to protect the social, economic, and political rights of African Americans. The first …show more content…
Document H is five Black Codes. Which were at the time designed to restrict the freedom of free African Americans. Which did things like force them to need a permit to do anything. They could not have firearms or any kind of weapons. They had to work for a white person or their former owner. They were not allowed to have public meetings within the town that they lived in. They could not own houses in the town, They worked/lived in if they do not work for a white man or former owner, and they were not allowed within the limits of the town unless they had written permission from their employer. On top of all of these unfair and cruel laws, they also had terrible punishments. Like paying five dollars which at that time was a lot of money. Or they would go to jail and work for two days on the public streets where they would be discriminated against by other people walking by. The other piece of evidence comes from Document I. This is a photo of people from the KKK and a white man holding a badge-shaped figure with a skull on the top of it and two black people with their children. This represents the discrimination that they still faced from the public. And the KKK was a huge part of discrimination and violence that was used in a very negative way against African Americans and the federal government did nothing to stop discrimination against African Americans or the
The Civil war started when the Southern states seceded by the Union. “Apprehension seem to exist among the people of the Southern States. The war still continued even though Lincoln believed there should not be any enemies against anyone in the United States. Glory for the private soldiers were different for the officers.
The Civil War began in 1861 due to the South and the North having a dispute over slavery. The South repeatedly won battles against the North because they were fighting a defensive war, which gave them an upper hand. Thus, the Anaconda Plan was formed. The strategy enabled the Union to secure critical parts of the South, causing the North to defeat the Confederacy.
Every American has either heard of or knows the details of the Civil War. The Civil War began in South Carolina in 1861 and ended in 1865. Like most wars, the Civil War began due to a disagreement. When former President Abraham Lincoln was running for his position he promised to end slavery. Obviously the slave owning states were against this, so they separated themselves from the states and created The Confederates States of America.
DBQ The Civil War began in 1861 but the issue of slavery was not the central focus of the war effort. The war began for many political reasons, mainly the aim of the Union side to preserve the Union and make sure it remains together as a country. While the North fought to preserve the Union, the South fought to preserve what they believed to be state rights. During the war, Abraham Lincoln created what is called the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that “all person held as slaves” within rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
The Civil War started on April 12, 1861 and lasted until mid-1865. The Civil War arose out of deep disagreements regarding everything from State’s rights, but the primary cause was the contrasting views regarding slavery. While the Southern States supported continued slavery, the Northern States wanted to end this practice. Many scholars believe the Civil War was due to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, who supported the North, causing the Southern States to split from the United States. During this period, the Southern States considered Jefferson Davis to be their President.
The reconstruction era refers to the period in time between 1861 and 1865, when efforts were made, after the civil war, to restore the relations between North and the South, to improve status of the blacks and, to restore normalcy in the country. While the country was able to reunite effectively the the country, it did nod do much to improve the condition of the blacks. Also it failed to solve the economic problems of the South.
More people have read books about the Civil War than any other part of American history put together. The Civil War started on April 12th, 1861 and ended April 9th, 1865. The war started because the South seceded from the North because they didn't agree about slavery. The North though slavery was wrong because they believed all man is created equal. The South believed that African Americans were different and should be treated like property.
The Civil war began on April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter due to the differences between the North and South when it came to the debate on slavery. The south felt that the slave industry was beneficial to their economy and lifestyle. While the North did not necessary fight for slavery but for the union reunite again despite their differences. In the beginning of the war, many believed that slavery would be easy to abolished. That was not the case, due to the South reliability to use of slaves in their lives.
The reconstruction era is the years that came after the civil war ended. It was made to help build the nation after the terrible tragedy. Southerners thought that the northerners just wanted to help themselves and get revenge on them but the northerners said they just wanted to make the southern society like it was before. To African Americans and other races they didn't think the reconstruction was for what the others thought, they thought it was a way to help them get civil rights and power in the economy for all the slaves. They did not get what they wanted because most black people still had the same amount of power that they had before.
They still had some laws that go against them. The first law that applied to freedmen was Mississippi Black
From this letter you can see Tourgees clear use of the word “another” meaning that other Republican men were targeted and killed by the KKK all because they fought to have the South follow the same rules as the North. It was as though the KKK felt personally battered so they enjoyed doing to same to men that caused such emotions. Politics within the white community was not the only issue. As mentioned before African Americans did not get the political freedom that was actually granted to them not only because of their race and low standing but they were “ ‘unfitted for the proper exercise of political duties… blacks needed a period of probation and instruction’ “ (Document D).
The Civil War began on April 12th, 1861, at Fort Sumter, as a result of tensions between the North and the South. The South's dependence on slavery and the racial hierarchy it created forced a divide between the North and South. In addition to this, President Lincoln's opposition to the expansion of slavery put the Southerner's way of life at risk. The debates also fueled the fire of secession. Without slavery, the current Southern way of life would not exist.