HIST 2110Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Reconstruction Acts, Sharecropping, Carpetbagger
26 Feb 2016
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Reconstruction has been called the second civil war . The assassination of lincoln just after the war"s end threw america"s united future into uncertainty. During reconstruction, the very meaning of freedom itself became a battleground. Interpreted in different and often contradictory ways by former slaves, former masters, white farmers, and northerners, and women. Reconstruction was an incredible opportunity to over come the historic injustices of racism and inequality in america. Much was achieved, but the failure to give blacks access to real economic power and stability, and to safeguard their political gains against white violence, meant. Reconstruction was ultimately a tragic and disappointing opportunity squandered. 40 acres of a mule or special field order 15 *exam short answers* Killed a few days after his speech. Black americans joyously took advantage of the freedom to them by. Slavery was ended before war"s end by the thirteenth amendment to the. They rushed to do and acquire things forbidden to them before.
