Reconstruction
The aftermath of a long, hard war can be as arduous as the fighting itself. Such is the case with Reconstruction, one of the most volatile peacetime periods in American history. Rebel a...
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1865–1877: Reconstruction
Reconstruction was the period in American history immediately after the Civil War. The physical rebuilding of Southern cities, ports, railroads, and farms that had bee...
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The Mixed Legacy of the Reconstruction Era
Union army general Rufus Saxton (1824–1908) had long been a friend to African Americans. He had been on hand in the Sea Islands (located off the coast...
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Between 1860 and 1877, both constitutional and social developments during the Civil War and later Reconstruction combined to create immense changes that threatened the balance of life in that time per...
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Reconstruction took place in the south of the United States right after the civil war. The radical Republicans mainly started this and their main goal was to punish the south for their rebellious act...
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After the Civil War there were many questions that needed to be answered about the former Confederacy and about the newly freed slaves. Some of these questions were: How should the new relatio...
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Authority and power are two elements most often taken advantage of by the human race. Regardless of who obtains these coveted treasures, abuse is inevitable; whether it is intentional or not. Througho...
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Abraham Lincoln had a simplistic plan for reconstruction after the Civil War. First and foremost he wanted to make it easy for the southern states to get back into the Union. However, after his assa...
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At 5:15 on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 29, James Frey informed his fans, in strikingly confident terms, that he had finished his first novel. “Done,” he wrote on his blog. “...
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A government inspector told a House subcommittee Wednesday that a $2 billion U.S. reconstruction program for Iraq and Afghanistan remained plagued with problems but "has come a long way" in the pas...
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The Iraqi government has refused to take control of more than 2,000 U.S.-funded reconstruction projects, a move that could jeopardize the country's credit line and cost American taxpayers, accordin...
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President Bush often jokingly tells mayors to fix the potholes. The message from a longtime pol: Keep constituents happy where it counts. On Tuesday it was Bush's turn, as the president of the Unit...
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (dpa) - German President Horst Koehler on
Thursday promised his country's help in Mauretania's democratization
process and fight against poverty.
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Hamburg (dpa) - Scientists in Germany hope to construct a complete
blueprint of the Neanderthal genetic code within two years, a step
which could one day lead to enabling ou...
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Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga vowed Friday that the
government will continue its efforts to restore fiscal health by
implementing tax reforms at an early date, including a hike in the
co...
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At a symposium a few years back, a critic of some note insisted that art lovers should dedicate their attention exclusively to “the new,” that they should welcome it indiscriminately in...
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At a symposium a few years back, a critic of some note insisted that art lovers should dedicate their attention exclusively to “the new,” that they should welcome it indiscriminately in...
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The path to uncovering the life and death of Cornelis Marinus Brouwenstijn begins with a plain manila envelope containing a purse, an ID booklet, a cracked leather wallet, a slew of family snapshot...
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Reconstruction
1865–1877: Reconstruction
The Mixed Legacy of the Reconstruction Era
Effect of Constitutional and Social Developments in Civil War and Reconstruction Era America
Reconstructing Frey
