We, as a nation, faced many changes however the South, especially, endured an abundant amount of transformations. Transformations included events such as, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the New South, and the impact the New South had post its time period. The New South’s time period, in particular, engendered transformation within the South, and also had a tremendous impact on the South, until the beginning of the 20th century. The term the ‘New South’ emerged, after 1877. Henry W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, coined the term ‘New South’.
However, prior to the New South was reconstruction and preceding reconstruction was, the Civil War. The Civil War occurred during 1861-1865, therefore, post-Civil War, is known as the, Reconstruction
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This act “divided the South into five military districts and called for the creation of new state governments, with black men given the right to vote” (Foner, Give Me Liberty, II, 573). Following this event, initiated the era of Radical Reconstruction. Radical Reconstruction concluded in 1877. In the election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant won the election and in result, the 15th amendment was established. The 15th amendment granted the rights of citizens to vote despite of race. However, even though the Reconstruction era brought about changes and granted black men’ rights, many feminists opposed of the 15th amendment because it didn’t emancipate or pertain to women. However, the bargain of 1877 concluded in Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president after Grant. Reconstruction ended because in 1877, President Hayes removed the last federal troops from the South, and also republicans were wary of the fight for equality, for African Americans, hence the collapse of Radical Republicans and the end of …show more content…
Also, during this time, the economic industry was booming, advancement in technology, farming influence, politics, businesses, natural resources, transportation and railroads. By the end of 19th century, the middle-class Americans, were known as trusts. Trusts were known as people who controlled competition in the industry. In the late 19th century, the first major trust was John D. Rockefeller, who controlled a substantial part of the oil industry. Andrew Carnegie was another major trust, that controlled the steel industry and stated in the Gospel of Wealth (1889), that if a person consumed wealth, they’re supposed to live frugally and use the extra money to help people in need (Foner, Voices of Freedom, II, 28). “During the Gilded Age, large numbers of businessmen and middle-class Americans adopted the social outlook known as Social Darwinism” (Foner, Vocies of Freedom, II, 32).William Graham Sumner however, represented Social Darwinism (a derivative of Charles Darwin’s theory), in order to oppose Andrew Carnegie’s theory; Sumner believed that we can’t separate from racism and he advocated “survival of the fittest”. Many opposed of, Social Darwinism, including, Henry George a journalist who wrote “Progress and Poverty” , in 1879- George wanted to prevent the economy from advancing into a depression therefore his solution was the ‘single tax’. The
Reconstruction is during which the United States began to rebuild the Southern society after they lost to the civil war. It lasted from 1865 to 1877, and it was initiated by President Lincoln until his assassination in 1865. President Johnson continued Lincoln’s agenda to continue the Reconstruction. Throughout the process of Reconstruction, one of its main purpose was to guarantees for equal rights for all people, especially for the African Americans. Even though slavery was abolished after the civil war, many Southerners were still against the idea of equal rights for all black people, such as the Republicans.
Only a small group of politicians supported black suffrage. All were Radical Republicans who emerged during the war. Outnumbered, the Radicals in congress still managed to win broad Republican support for parts of their Reconstruction program, including male enfranchisement. The Reconstruction policy soon became bound to black suffrage, a historic change that originally had few political backing. Presidential Reconstruction took effect in the summer of 1865, but had consequences.
The ‘Gospel of Wealth’ is “…obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the Rich and the Poor, and to bring ‘”Peace on earth, among men Good-Will.’” 4. What does this document reveal about the particular society and period in question? What does the document reveal about the impact of big business on the U.S. in the 19th
The 15th Amendment was the last of the “Reconstruction Amendments” to be accepted. On the basis of race and condition of the slavery, black people were discriminated by the white people and this amendment was against of that, which was elaborated to prohibit the discrimination for the benefit of black people. Prominent Army general during the American Civil War and Commanding General at the end of that war – Ulysses Grant was nominated for the presidency in 1868. In that election he achieved votes of large number of people. “Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace” – said Grant (speech in London 1889) and he worked on Reconstruction to put
Following the ending of the Civil War in 1865, America was in an era known as the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction lasted until 1877. Citizens were attempting to rebuild our nation following one of the deadliest war in American History. In this time, the Fourteenth Amendment and Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. Although slaves were freed, African Americans still faced intense racial prejudice and discrimination.
Maceo Cardinale Kwik Reconstruction Reconstruction was the twelve years after the civil war. Those twelve years were full of readjustment fixing the ruin the United States had fallen into. The problems that had the United states in disarray were how to, rebuild the South, reunite the states, and ensure the rights and protection of the newly freed African Americans. The civil war left the South in shambles, and newly freed slaves struggled to adjust to their new freedom. Most Southerners hated reconstruction and everything else about the North.
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the unites states or any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (Article 15 Section 1- Document A). After the Civil War, which took place in 1861-1864, Congress added new amendments to the Constitution, 15th amendment allows African Americans the right to vote. With the right to vote, many African Americans viewed The Era of Reconstruction as a new era with the sense of
Peter Schroeder Dr. Christopher Marshall Modern United States History 2/2/17 Writing Assignment 1: The African-American Experience with Reconstruction Reconstruction among the south refers to the point in time which the United States was attempting to establish a relationship between the union and the rebels. The Union had won the civil war, so the next step was to begin to mend the broken relationship between the north and the south. Though historians cannot agree on when it began, there is merit in saying that it started before the end of the Civil War. After victory, had been solidified for the Union, attention of President Lincoln turned towards reconstruction.
24 November 2015 The Real Death of Reconstruction There is no easy way to decide who can be held accountable for the end of the Reconstruction Era. Attempts to rebuild the South ceased to exist in 1877, just over ten years after the Confederacy surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. It seemed as though everything was on the right track in 1876, the one hundred year anniversary of The United States. That was, however, until the South waged conflict against black and white citizens of The United States.
Groups such as the Ku Klux Klan became prominent in the south. however, this was no longer something reconstruction could help former slaves with. Eventually, Hayes was elected after Johnsons’ impeachment and the Reconstruction era ended. The reconstruction ended in 1877 due to the Compromise of 1877 and the pulling of republicans alongside union troops out of the deep south. though the reconstruction attempted to unify the country back together as one by allowing confederate states into the union under strict conditions, and to help former slaves by granting basic human rights there were still many issues present throughout the
The American civil war led to the reunion of the South and the North. But, its consequences led the Republicans to take the lead of reconstructing what the war had destroyed especially in the South because it contained larger numbers of newly freed slaves. Just after the civil war, America entered into what was called as the reconstruction era. Reconstruction refers to when “the federal government established the terms on which rebellious Southern states would be integrated back into the Union” (Watts 246). As a further matter, it also meant “the process of helping the 4 million freed slaves after the civil war [to] make the transition to freedom” (DeFord and Schwarz 96).
The American Civil War that was started due to the controversy over slavery in 1861, was won by The Union supported by President Lincoln against the Confederate states. President Lincoln’s original goal during the civil war was to reunify the nation as quickly as possible and help both sides come to an understanding. After the Civil War ended in 1865, the newly formed United States’ reconstruction era began. The Reconstruction era was put into effect by the Congress in 1866 and lasted until 1877. The Union’s victory in the Civil War had given African Americans a new sense of hope, devastated the southern economy, and eased the history of disunity in American political life.
After the Civil War, the Second Industrial Revolution was established due to America’s rapid growth for industry and economics. Capitalists during the industrial period of 1875-1900’s were either accused of being a robber baron or a captain of industry. Some capitalists leaders who were accused of being a robber baron or captain of industry included J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, and John D. Rockefeller. A robber baron is a business leader who gets rich through cruel and scandalous business practices. The captains of industry is a business leader who wants to better the companies in a way that it would be positively contributing to the country.
Robber barons, specifically Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist and John D. Rockefeller, a philanthropist, were the chosen, elite members of society according to the doctrine of Social Darwinism. Darwinism is when evolution occurs and the strongest organisms of an ecosystem survive and reproduce to outnumber the weaker, less fit organisms of an ecosystem. Similarly Social Darwinism follows the same concept, but in a capitalist sense of thought. Those who were able to exploit the Gilded Age’s laissez faire economy to their own benefit, like the robber barons Andrew Carnegie of Carnegie Steel and J. D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil, were the fittest members of society because they were able to survive in the grueling and ruthless free economy. By usurping all of the fresh yet unfit immigrants that were flowing into the States due to the rise of urbanization, these two men integrated these easily-manipulated people into their factories to augment their profits.
One of the many Gospel of Wealth advocates was Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, who was an industrialist who emigrated from Scotland to American in 1848 (Wall, ANBO). Carnegie’s “Wealth” written in 1889