Why is the Reconstruction one of the most important eras in our history?
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1.  It resulted in the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments\n2.  It resulted in the old South becoming powerful again and relegating Blacks to second-class citizenship again after 1877 with the Compromise of 1877\n3.  It led to the end of the first Ku Klux Klan\n4.  It started the sharecropping economy in the South\n5.  It began the Jim Crow Era in the South\n\nBecause of the failure of Reconstruction there was a need for the civil rights movement to occur following World War II.
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They are completely different and both are very important for progress of a country. They were interdependent to much extent in historical times, now that's not the case.
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These are very common subjects. You may consider doing research or checking class notes. For lack of that,\nthere was a big burst of industry after the civil war. Things became more advanced. More people moved to the United States and of course, emancipation of slaves had a great effect on the diversity of the population. Maybe these facts can help you to understand what sort of development you're looking for?\n\nSorry I couldn't be more helpful!
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Well yes, American culture has been greatly enriched by having the cool people live here instead of Africa... without slavery we would never have had the civil rights movement, jazz music, rap music, many of the greatest comedians who ever lived (Richard we miss you) Plus the NBA would be a total snooze fest without our African brothers, now wouldn't it?
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Uncle Tom's cabin is important because it alerted the people to the conditions of slavery and strengthened the movement toward abolition not only in the north but in England too.
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We should keep that there because it is a piece of our history, even if we're striving for political correctness now.  We can't erase the fact that our country was very religious at its start and for most of its history.  \n\nThe pilgrims came to america for a variety of reasons, although the answer most people use is that they were searching for religious freedom.
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Dude, youre asking too much about history...the past is past.
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There are many things that are happening since the last 5000 years. there are some societies who think good when they develop and some find it comfortable in th eold surroundings. What matters in the quality of what happen around us rather than the time since when it is happening.
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The civil War and the wars of the twentieth century are definetly turning points in the growth of civil rights. For example the end of the civil war along with the 13TH amendment bring cahanges in America. During reconstruction blacks are protected by the Freedmens Bureau which helps them out toget their voting rights. During reconstruction thanks to this bureau and both carpetbaggers and scalawags the 14th and 15th amendments are passed which define citizenship and male suffrage.With the hayes-tilden election comes the crime of 77 which allows the KKK to take power in the south but not for long because president Grant enforces  a force bill which ends the klan, but not forever. Then in ww2 there were many riots because blacks weren't allowed to be mixed with whites. This created the civil rights movement with all kinds of awr taking place like the korean and vietnam. Sit ins and freedom riders would help the movement.
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For the text book answer it is 1861 to 1865.  However All the Southerners know that Reconstruction is still in place and still being held against us.\n\nGod Bless You and The Southern People.
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What period of time are we talking about here?\nWith over 200 years of American history, can you narrow it down?
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Because all the US immigration phases thorough history.. Especially between 1860s-1910s.. Everybody saw The US as a place where they could make their dreams come true because of all the econimic and social growth of the country. This also created the stereotype of the "American Dream."
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After WWII the US was at its highest productivity and that with Eisenhouwer.  FDR was no longer in office and it was about 15 yrs before LBJ (who came after Kennedy).
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Great Economy. Brought Freedom to millions of people.............stopped terror networks.......\n\n\nLiberals wish they could be "failures" with that record.
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Because history is created by the people who end up in power. We see only one side of most things, when there are many points of view...
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I actually thought it was more Federalist/Republican, cause it gave much more big government rights than the Articles of Confederation, but I suppose it preserved and made lasting many democratic traditions (like House of Reps depending on population, voting for those in office--even though electoral college was made to protect the rich from the masses), and even though the men were very elite, they made every effort to give everybody equal rights, as long as they did not fear the danger (ie French Rev. memories) and gave the poor a chance to ascend to the top.
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Our greatness lies in the beginning of the Declaration of Independence that ALL men are created equal and deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness. Our leaders forgot that concept in the need to forge power for themselves and this nation. Other nations were sold out to brutal puppet governments for the sake of our prosperity and security, but in the end, they sold our security for greed, for power, for corporate interests, because people everywhere will fight for their freedom against all odds and all costs no matter how horrible. We are living now in the "reckoning". Continued hypocricy will destroy us. When America wakes up, we will save ourselves, and in that saving, will again be a great nation based on the enlightnement of our founders.