The Civil War was a conflict fought between the Confederacy and the Union after the Confederacy succeeded from the Union because of new laws that were abolishing slavery. After the Civil war, America was severely unorganized and in need of reconstruction. Reconstruction was a series of attempts by the United States government to reconstruct society in the Southern states by adding laws that protected the rights of freedmen. As a result of the Union's victory in the war, the Confederacy was forced to rejoin and abide by its rules. The union began implementing civil rights amendments such as the right to freedom, the right to citizenship, and the right to vote for formerly enslaved African Americans to ensure equal rights and promote equality. …show more content…
White supremacists were against the liberation of slaves and did everything in their power to destroy the idea of equality. Document two is an excerpt from a newspaper published in 1863 that discusses white supremacist groups in Tennessee and why they existed. The text states, “a mysterious organization known as ‘Ku Klux Klan’… its grand purpose being to establish a nucleus around which “the adherence of the late rebellion might safely rally” (Doc 2). The Ku Klux Klan was a white nationalist group that used violent tactics to scare and attack African Americans. Their message was that they had a right to rebel against the new laws since they believed it was unfair to give former slaves the same rights as they had. They were ultimately trying to restore the message that even though African Americans were no longer enslaved, they were still inferior to white people. Document four is an excerpt from another newspaper that also talks about the rising violent groups in America. This excerpt is encouraging and advertising cruel behavior. The text states, “We have submitted long enough to indignities, and it is time to meet brute force …show more content…
Document one is an excerpt from a congressman who was opposed to the idea of letting freedmen vote. He states, “But it is not the complexion of the negro that degrades him…[the Negro is] a race by nature inferior and mental caliber… the Negroes are not equals of white Americans and are not entitled… participate in the government of this country…”(Doc 1). This man is saying that the reason freedmen should not be able to vote is not their skin color, but their intellectual intelligence. This man does not believe that freedmen have the same level of intelligence and understanding of the world as white men do, so therefore they should not be able to have a say in politics. The idea that white men were superior to freedmen put a detrimental decline in the hope for equality and equal rights. Congress’ attempts were undermined by the fact that freed men were not believed to be on the same level as white men. If they were not seen as equal, the laws that granted them rights would not be honored. Document three is an excerpt that tells about the rights white confederate leaders were given back. The text states, “Meanwhile southern Democrats gained strength from Congress finally removed the political disabilities from most of the prewar leadership” (Doc 3). After the war, White confederate generals and politicians got their voting and political
The south, then formed their government by choosing former war hero, Jefferson Davis as president, with vice president Alexander Stephens. The South’s government was new and wasn’t that strong, and the North already had an established government. The North had a better government; already giving them advantage. Although the North had a better government, the South was fighting in their homeland.
This is important because back in the 1800’s many white southerners disapproved the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment. Since this speech is taking place in North Carolina, a southern state, many people will agree with him. This supports my argument because since a large majority of white southerners dislike having negroes to be their equal, they will vote for Tillman and the Democrats will win. On the other hand in Document #3, Norman Jennett’s political cartoon shows a negro stepping on a white man. The cartoon’s caption states “A SERIOUS QUESTION-
The North and South, from 1861 to 1865, lost over six hundred thousand men in an armed and gruesome conflict over the issue of slavery. Despite the North winning militarily, the death rates for both sides were relatively equal. Following the South’s surrender at Appomattox, a time of Reconstruction ensued. Southern beliefs and behaviors, along with the Grant Administration’s growing indifference about freedman issues, influenced Reconstruction politics across the country. White Southerners scored a resounding victory in the Reconstruction Period by passing restriction laws against Negroes and intensified the Southern atmosphere beyond its original Pre-Civil War environment.
The Civil War was a battle between the north and south that neither side had anticipated would be so long and difficult. This long lasting war involved several battles that led to thousands of casualties on both sides. A total of more than six hundred twenty thousand American men perished. The objective of the Civil War was to abolish slavery from the north’s perspective, or to keep the southern lifestyle as the southerners justification to fight. The winning side of this war would change the history of slaves, and whether or not it still exists to this day.
Civil War LEQ When the United States admitted more Western territories into the Union, their only goal was to expand the country as much as possible. They did not foresee how extending slavery into western territories could lead to a Civil War. The controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the Civil war by politicizing the issue so no politician could be neutral on it, by creating a fight for economic influence between the North and South, and by increasing the feelings superiority/separation between the North and South.
White supremacy is an ideology that white people are superior to all other races. In one part Woodward wrote “The major political parties, whatever their position on slavery, vied with each other in their devotion to this doctrine, and extremely few politicians of importance dared question them. Their constituencies firmly believed that the Negroes were incapable of being assimilated politically, socially, or physically into white society. They made sure in numerous ways that the Negro understood his place and that he was severely confined to it.” The phrase “Negro understood his place and that he was severely confined to it” is a prime example of the white supremacy mentality of that era.
The events that occurred from 1860 to 1877 characterized a period of social and constitutional change in the United States. The secession of Southern States severed the Union, marking the beginning of a Civil War. Although abolitionist movements had been going on for decades, action was finally taken with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, to the dissent of the slave labor driven South. New amendments were added to the Constitution granting universal male suffrage and equal protection to all citizens under the law, a sudden and significant lurch forward in the realm of civil rights. However, some changes were more revolutionary and successful than others.
In document 4 the evidence that can be used to support my subclaim is “ ‘...but he shall not be free to dine and drink at our table - to serve on a jury - to be a witness in court - to represent us in the legislature - to be a doctor - to join us at a concert, a lecture, the theater, or the church, or to marry our daughters. We are of another race, and he is inferior....” This evidence supports my subclaim because at this time people treated African Americans as if they were inferior. African Americans couldn’t serve on a jury, be a witness in court, represent in legislation, etc. Analysis of Document 2, entitled "Call to Rebellion", a speech spoken by Henry Highland Garnet delivered at the National Negro Convention of 1843 held in Buffalo, New York.
The Civil War was an American blood shed. Tens of thousands of soldiers died each day… ALONE! The Civil War started in 1861.The U.S had even amount of slave and free states and then a guy named John Brown “invaded” the South. Abraham Lincoln then got elected president in 1860. Then there was the main moment… the Civil War broke out about slavery in 1861.
In what was the bloodiest wars ever fought in the history of the United States the civil war took an estimated 620,000 lives which was roughly 2% of the population of the United States. The civil war was fought between the northern states and the southern states from 1861-1865. The war was about each state's rights to determine the laws which govern all citizens and whether the federal government had the right to enact laws which superseded state laws. The Confederate States claimed the government did not have the right and they attempted to leave the union--which actually started the war, to prevent that from happening. After The Civil war was fought there has been controversy on what really sparked the civil war to take hold and at what point
The proclamation made by Lord Dunmore in 1775 (Document A) announces that the way that slaves can earn freedom is by fighting for the King. He feels as though this is their proper duty to speedily reduce the colony back to order. The petition created by Paul Cuffe is another example of a political document that shows the limited rights freed slaves have. He demands the right to vote and own property, to be just as equal as the white man. Another example of the hardship faced by African Americans can be explained by Prince Hall in 1797.
One of the most important wars in American history was the Civil War, it lead to change in beliefs and conviction in our borders. Fought from 1861 to 1865 many constitutional and social developments had to occur for our country to truly be free for everyone. Elections, conspiracies, assassinations, all to bring unity between the North and the South but also leading to a revolution. It pushed the South to rethink their belief that slavery is right and the Union to fight for the freedom that goes with being an American to all races.
Confederate people out of power all together. The southern white government had a range of ways they controlled how the newly freed slaves lived their lives and what freedoms they could have and which ones the government didn’t want them to have but over time these barriers were
On the other hand the North thought that the blacks were unfit for politics and that they need to forget about the conditions of how slavery was. “The blacks, as a people, are unfitted for the proper exercise of political duties… The rising generation of… blacks needed a period of probation and instruction; a period… long enough for the black to have forgotten something of his condition as a slave and learned much of the true method of gaining honorable subsistence and of performing the duties of any position to which he might aspire.” The North thinks that the blacks are unfit for politics but in the South the blacks are being held at gunpoint. The Reconstruction was about helping blacks not killing
David Chalmers writes in the Reader in American History that the founding members of the white supremacist organization the Ku Klux Klan were “A group of young ex-Confederate officers” which multiplied in the number of members over time (Chalmers. Reader in American History,2). The birth of the Ku Klux Klan also led to other white supremacy groups named the Pale Faces, The Order of the White Rose, and Knight Owls just to name a few, these groups were rumored to be just the Young Men’s Democratic Clubs or actual ties with the clan (Chalmers. Reader in American History,3). Former southern leaders against negroes that were still leaders in the South and threats from the white supremacy organizations impacted politics in this time period.