After president Abraham Lincoln died and the failure of President Johnson, Congress tried to take responsibility of the plans to reconstruct the divided nation that they had before. The main point of reconstructing was to start and protect the citizenship rights of the freedmen. The Southerners were not happy about loosing their slaves and having rights equal to the slaves they used to own as property because of the freedmen’s. They did not want to receive the fact that the freedmen were now men, not just property and that their property was now their equal. The Southerners got up and were angry about the freedmen Congress that had to find a way to protect their rights.
Race Relations after the Civil War 3 The way white Southerners made it difficult on former slaves in the South was to create what was called “Black Codes”. These codes were laws made by southern states to try to ensure their way of life could not be infringed on in the wake of the passing of the 13th amendment which outlawed slavery. Examples of such codes varied from state to state. However, the message was clear to the former slaves that they were still unequal. Examples of these laws are as follows: 1.
In the second part of the book (47), Freehling explicate the role of the white southerners who were against the Confederation and their role in the Secession Crisis. At that time, Southerners were divided; the Middle South and the Border peoples weren’t so predisposed to Secede. He also explains the event of Fort Sumter in South Carolina (symbolic place of the Independence) which set off the Civil War in April 1861. In the third part of his analyze (83), the author make a point on the role of the Black southerners who opposed the Confederacy and sides White
The South Socio- Economics Issues (1900-1950) The civil war between Northern and Southern parts of America occurred in 1800’s changing the social economics for the original old Southern America. The southern Socio- Economic issues: • The Southern economy was destroyed and had no concept and needed to be reconstructed in order to comply with the acceptance of new laws. • Once the southern was in ruins after being destroyed immigrants from the northern part of America began to come and take over and make money. • The higher class ‘plantation’ groups manners stereotype was broken due to the rough and lower class immigrants invading their land. • Black and white people were divided by politics.
During the years of 1860 and 1861, eleven southern states seceded from the union. The decision by these states to secede was made after many different significant events took place, over several years prior to their decision. Many of these events had to do with the issue of slavery in the South and the northern states opposition to slavery, but not all of them. The North and the South during this time were completely different in every aspect and therefore had very different opinions on how the nation should be run and how much power the federal government should have. The primary motivation for the secession of the southern states was their belief that their rights given to them under the constitution were being taken away by the northern controlled federal government and the new regionally dominated Republican Party.
How far did conditions for black Americans improve in the period 1945-56? Civil right was a major issue in America during 1945-56, especially in the Deep South. This was because conditions of African Americans didn’t improve much, it was mainly the start to any change that happened, with some limited progress. The first issue is ‘Jim crow’ laws; this was a law in the Southern states of America that introduced segregation between black and white people, by passing laws which denied them access to white facilities. Many of these facilities were, education, healthcare, transport, cinemas, restaurants and churches and even housing and estates were segregated.
Due to conflicts relating to slavery and discrimination, disagreements were hard to settle. The breakdown of trust between opposite parties ultimately resulted in a collapse of compromise. Succession attempts, The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act are all examples of how political compromise gradually became unfeasible in 1860. In the time period between 1820 and 1860, there was a serious conversion in the political view on slavery. Famous whig Henry Clay, also known as “The Great Compromiser,” attempted to keep the nation together through two different milestone agreements.
In the first few months after the fighting ended, white Southerners had to contend with the losses of life, property, and in their eyes, honor. The time was ripe for the Ku Klux Klan to ride. Blacks, having won the struggle for freedom from slavery, were now faced with a new struggle against widespread racism and the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan. Why was the formation of the KKK accepted and not stopped? An obvious explanation of the South's widespread acceptance of the Klan is found in the institution of slavery.
The American Civil war To what extent was the American Civil War effective? Melissa Horacek – Year Eleven Modern History Melissa Horacek – Year Eleven Modern History The Civil War, is a war between civilians, began due to the fear of the abolishment of slavery. Its purpose for the South was to continue slavery, while the North fought for the abolishment of slavery. When the United States was established by colonists and a constitution was created, the constitution did not abolish slavery, but incorporated compromises made by the men who crafted it. Some, especially Northerners who didn’t really adopt slavery had little slaves living there, apposed slavery, they were referred to as Abolitionists.
Asked whether blacks preferred to live in communities of their own or "scattered among the whites," he replied: "I would prefer to live by ourselves, for there is a prejudice against us in the South that will take years to get over." (On this point alone, disagreement followed, for Lynch insisted it would be best for the races to live together; all the others, however, agreed with Frazier.) At the same time, Frazier affirmed the loyalty of African Americans, free and slave, to the federal government. "If the prayers that have gone up for the Union army could be read out," he added, "you would not get through them these two weeks." As for Sherman himself, Frazier remarked that blacks viewed him as a man "specially set apart by God" to "accomplish this work" of