The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 to 1877 in American history. The term has two applications: the first applies to the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War; the second, to the attempted transformation of the 11 ex-Confederate states from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress. Reconstruction ended the remnants of Confederate nationalism and ended slavery, making the newly free slaves citizens with civil rights apparently guaranteed by three new Constitutional amendments. Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship, and Constitutional equality for African Americans.
The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 to 1877 in American history. The term has two applications: the first applies to the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War; the second, to the attempted transformation of the 11 ex-Confederate states from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress. Reconstruction ended the remnants of Confederate nationalism and ended slavery, making the newly free slaves citizens with civil rights apparently guaranteed by three new Constitutional amendments. Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship, and Constitutional equality for African Americans.
The statement in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" is trying to point out South's racial problems. But the sad part is that it is ignored racial injustice that you can find in the North is not true. Nevertheless, the whole speech is focused more on the South's injustices that is also recognized in the South.
It was William Blake who is commonly credited with launching the English romantic movement was, although his greatly went largely unrecognized during his lifetime unfortunately.
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Madison's major idea on this, expressed in such places as the Federalist Papers was that self-interest could be used to ensure liberty and justice. He argued that people were going to act in their own interests. What was needed was a government that was set up to make sure that those "selfish" actions actually helped.</span>
He was a man really close to power, who performed in many political positions (US House of Representatives, NY County Board of Supervisors, Tammany Hall Political Machine, NY State Senate) . He was eventually convicted for corruption, accused of stealing an amount estimated between 25 and 45 million dollars from NY paytaxers.
