HST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reconstruction Era, A Reminder, White Supremacy
Document Summary
Losing the peace: redemption and the foreclosure of. Reconstruction"s rocky start: characterized by conflict, confusion, trial and error, 1865-1867, stitching back together the north and south. Sudden policy reversals from presidential to radical reconstruction. Marred by conflict: many states rewrote constitutions many times, longest phase started in 1867, south would look different in years ahead. Radical reconstruction brings sweeping changes to southern life: slavery effected nearly everything, 4,000,000 new citizens. Politically: republicans now control southern governments. Rewrote state constitutions: african americans participates and lead in politics. Nationally and locally: a handful of northerners come south and take leadership roles. Were there to exploit the way of the south. Economically: end of slavery leaves southern economy in flux. Now african americans could now decided what they wanted to do with their lives. Whites expected them to work for them only to get wages: many african americans wanted to move away from their plantations.
