Essays on Reconstruction

Reconstruction is undoubtedly one of America’s most significant periods throughout US. history, So much of what occurred during the Reconstruction period contributed to shaping what we know the United States to be today. Written by Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 delves into the topics surrounding Reconstruction and their causes. Foner explains in the…

Should Reconstruction have ended in 1876? This historical question may be argued throughout the time it took for the US to fully recover from the scars of the Civil War. Even today, racism and economic problems haunt this country. So we must ask ourselves if it was a wise decision of the US to have…

After the Civil War the South went through a period of reconstruction where they tried to rebuild their society that now included freedmen. It is a common opinion that reconstruction in the South was a failure, but it was possible for it to have been a successful revolution for the people of the south through…

Jourdan Anderson’s letter to his former master, Colonel Anderson, expresses how Jourdans feels about the freedom and opportunities he gained after being emancipated. Jourdan informs his former master that he had a job that paid him a salary of twenty five dollars per month, had provisions of food and clothing, and was able to afford…

In terms of reconstruction under war conditions, policymakers, specialists, academic researchers, and aid organizations have concluded that peace-building is a multidimensional complex process that will not initiate until minimum conditions of peace are present (Knight, 2003). Peace-building research has been centered on discovering processes to stabilize the conflict and restrict violence at a national sustained…

When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States of America, his Republican views of anti-slavery quickly created a divide between the Northern and Southern states as while the North opposed slavery, the South heavily relied on its practice for daily life and financial stability. Following the end of the Civil…

In 1877, the reconstruction the United States admitted change to our constitution the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the a truly United States government. Reconstruction also settled the states’ rights vs. federalism debate that split this union. However, Reconstruction failed by most other measures: Radical Republican legislation ultimately failed under…

After successfully defeating the Confederate, and the Union took the victory, Lincoln began discussing his reconstruction plan. Lincoln being assassinated put an end to his plan for reconstruction. That leads to the curiosity of what would have happened if Lincoln had survived to serve his second term and he began his journey towards reconstruction. One…

The Era of Reconstruction refers to the turbulent period starting 12 years after the Civil War in the 1860s, shifting American culture, economy, and politics. But, with white supremacy and terrorist organizations ruling the south, former slaves were prevented from integrating fully into American society. The political cartoon, “The Union as It Was,” was published…

One of the most controversial topics in U.S. history is slavery. Essentially since the establishment of the colonies slavery was a common practice, especially among those tasked with the labor-intensive job of growing and harvesting crops during colonial America. In the years between the colonies being established and the Civil War, enslaving people of a…