...Reconstruction: The Post War Era Lindsay Pone Professor Goldstein History 105 Strayer University 01/30/2013 Reconstruction: The Post Civil War Era Friday April 12, 1861, America embarked into war with its biggest adversary; America! The American Civil War broke out, and what was believed to be a quick battle by the North, turned out to be a long bloody four years and left the country devastated. President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, successfully lead this country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis. Everything he did was in the best interest in preserving this nation to what it is today. If President Lincoln task of preserving the union would have failed, our nation would be a split nation today. All the events of the Civil War are what truly shaped the face of America today. The President knew that if he wanted to preserve this nation as a whole, not only would he have to win the war, but he would have to have a plan in place to immediately fix the nation to help it move forward from war. During his time in the white house and towards the end of the war, when it was evident the North would prevail, he worked on a reconstruction plan to get the South up and moving. During the war, the northern armies had gone through the South destroying everything that would help the south to prevail in the war. The agricultural belt that was the strength of the was nothing more than ashes as...
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...After the Civil War, America entered in to The Reconstruction Era. The Reconstruction was meant to integrate the newly freed slaves. Help them become full member of American society. But Reconstruction mostly failed in both economic and social equality. The time of Reconstruction would turn from a time of hope and joy to a time of blood and fear. There were many reasons the economy for former slaves failed to meet expectation. The war cost a lot of money. The war also caused damaged and in some cases destroyed the land in the south. After the war there was no money to help the people or repair damage done to the south. The white men lost their help (slaves) and had very little money to pay wages. The black man had labor but no money or land. So that’s where sharecropping came into play. According to Out of Many “Sharecropping represented a compromise between planters and former slaves”. There was three different ways to sharecrop. 1) Crop lien system – workers extend credit for seed & other supplies by the land owner. 2) Rent Labor System – former slave rent their lands but keep all of their crop. 3) Wage system – workers got a fixed wage and none of the crop....
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...Reconstruction and the West Anthony Webb College of Humanities His/120 Version 5 U.S. History 1865 to 1945 Resolution/Sociology 110 February 16, 2013 Elizabeth Jewell Reconstruction of the South According to Eric Foner (2008), “even though Reconstruction failed to meet the goals of Radical Republicans, painlessly rebuild the South, and give the freed blacks complete rights, Reconstruction did give African Americans some new chances and a brief taste of a free society ("Was Reconstruction a," 2008). Public schools were instituted; blacks became citizens, and some whites even offered support with the civil rights movement. However, every opportunity that was given to the free blacks was met with much opposition. As a result, more could have been done. The late 19th century was a troubling time, and although freed slaves were negatively impacted, Whites, and Indians were also affected by the economical hardships. Several events occurred which gave me cause to agree with Eric Foner’s description of the Reconstruction as a “splendid failure”. Blacks did not receive all their rights until 100 years after the war. Furthermore, Northern-born white men who moved south after the Confederacy defeat were called carpetbaggers by Southerners, and Southern-born white Republicans were given the name scalawag; Blacks held fewer governmental positions and was smaller than their proportion in the population; Indians suffered from the white Americans’ racism...
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...Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part II up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed. Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 1619-1860 | At first, slaves could earn their freedom. When they did, slaves tended to own their own slaves. This is how it was up until 1750 when Georgia legalized slavery. Slavery was more needed in the south than the north due to the climate and ability to grow more crops. (Webmaster, 2011) Around 1808, the importation of slavery ended due to the rise in births. Blacks then made up 20% of the American population. | 2) The socio-cultural impact of the abolitionist movement including: a) The effect of...
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...years of bloodshed that left over 600,000 Confederate and Union soldiers dead, the Confederacy collapsed and much of the south’s infrastructure had been destroyed. The Civil War had come to an end. Slavery was abolished and the difficult process of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves began. This period is noted in history as the Reconstruction Era. Working towards a progressive tomorrow, the American Civil War marked the start of a dramatic shift in America’s thinking. At the start of the Reconstruction Era (post Civil War), the South was left torn apart. Roads and houses needed to be rebuilt and the people needed assistance. From 1863 to 1865, presidents Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln took adequate steps designed solely for the purpose of bringing the South back to a level of economic stability. Radical Republicans consisted of American politicians within the Republican Party. They supported the rights of African Americans to vote, hold political office, and have the same economic and legal freedoms and opportunities as the whites. During the whole of the Reconstruction Period two ideas were constantly agitating the minds of the coloured people, or at least, the minds of a large part of the race. One of these was the craze for Greek and Latin learning, and the other was a desire to hold office. (38) booker t This quote comes from Booker T. Washington’s, Up From Slavery. It shows that the ideas that blacks had for themselves...
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...Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part II up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed. Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 16th Century – 19th Century | I found this excerpt from Robert Francis Engs from the Macmillan Information Now Encyclopedia: The history of African American slavery in the United States can be divided into two periods: the first coincided with the colonial years, about 1650 to 1790; the second lasted from American independence through the Civil War, 1790 to 1865. Prior to independence, slavery existed in all the American colonies and therefore was not an issue of sectional debate. With the arrival of independence...
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...Jim Crow was the personification of the system of racial segregation. Jim Crow laws treated white people as if they were superior to black people, and black people were the second-class race. White people and black people were not allowed to be socially equal in the eyes of Jim Crow. “It went so far that if a white person asked a black person a question, the black person had to respond the answer that the white person wanted to hear, regardless of the truth.” Woodward was unquestionably correct when he states that African Americans were not treated equally because of segregation caused by the Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws enforced the segregation of races in the United States. These laws were started in the late 1870’s and lasted until the...
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...improving the rigor and caliber of analysis, and thus leading to greater continuity and replicability in blood spatter analysis. Concluding, it will examine the manner in which the court system is now viewing blood spatter analysis with greater heft because of these developments. Blood Spatter Analysis and Science Beginning with questions of science, the work of Randall (2009) demonstrates how even the most esoteric of weapons can be analyzed using blood-spatter analysis. Focusing on the chain saw and its use as either a murder weapon or tool of dismemberment, Randall (2009) makes it evident that the manner in which the user interacts with the chain saw can have dramatic implications for spatter pattern, and for ultimate crime scene reconstruction. On this basis, this piece of work is crucially important in demonstrating how blood spatter...
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...DISCUSS THE PROTECTION METHODS TO VITAL RECORDS IN RECORDS CENTER. INTRODUCTION Vital records are the records that an organization requires to function regardless of the kind of format it is in (i.e. paper, photo, database, magnetic tape) that must be protected in the event of an emergency or disaster because of the severe consequences to the office/organization if gets destroyed or lost. Vital records may include pension plans, policies, payroll plans, succession plans, and delegation of authority, birth certificates, death certificates and marriage licenses. Vital records are essential for the continuation or reconstruction of an agency/organization. It is these records that are important in establishing the legal and financial position of the agency and/or those important in preserving the rights of an agency/organization, its employees or clients. There are four methods of vital records protection which includes; 1. Dispersal, 2. Duplication, 3. Onsite storage 4. Offsite storage. 1. Dispersal During the regular course of business in any organization or agency, a routine distribution of vital information to various locations within the organization for use and reference is a standard procedure necessary for the operation of the organizations to enable reach its mandate. In the dispersal method of protecting these vital records copies of records containing vital information may be routinely distributed outside the agency to various state agencies, other governmental entities...
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...Social Gospel = liberal movement within American Protestantism that attempted to apply biblical teachings to problems associated with industrialization. It took form during the latter half of the 19th cent. under the leadership of Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch, who feared the isolation of religion from the working class. They believed in social progress and the essential goodness of humanity. The views of the Social Gospel movement were given formal expression in 1908 when the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America adopted what was later called "the social creed of the churches." Advocated in the creed were the abolition of child labor, better working conditions for women, one day off during the week, and the right of every worker to a living wage. With the rise of the organized labor movement in the early 20th cent. the Social Gospel movement lost much of its appeal as an independent force. However, many of its ideals were later embodied in the New Deal legislation of the 1930s New Nationalism was Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive political philosophy during the 1912 election. He made the case for what he called the New Nationalism in a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, in August 1910. The central issue, he argued, was human welfare versus property rights. He insisted that only a powerful federal government could regulate the economy and guarantee social justice. Roosevelt believed that the concentration in industry was not necessarily bad, if the industry...
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...ISCOR 300 Spring 2014 Tuesday 4:00-6:00pm Exam Study Guide IDs: You should be able to identify major terms, concepts, events, and people. A good ID response requires that you state who or what it is, AND its significance in the context of the course (how, why important? The so what question). Study suggestion: go through the readings and video, lecture, and discussion notes; make an extended list of potential candidates (20-25). Choose 10-15 to concentrate and focus on in relation to what a good ID should be. YOU WILL HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF IDs TO CHOOSE FROM, 5 out of 10-12. Each ID will be worth 10 points, for a total of 50 points. FOR EXAMPLE, in a class dealing with international security, an ID for Aum Shinrikyo would be as follows: Aum Shinrikyo was an apocalyptic Japanese religious cult that released sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 12 and injuring over 5,000. The ultimate goal of the cult was to bring about chaos on an international scale culminating in a nuclear war, as a means of ushering in the apocalypse. The 1995 attack was an effort to test methods of dispersing chemical weapons, a step towards achieving that goal. Significance: Aum Shinrikyo was the first non-state actor to successfully carry out a large-scale chemical weapon attack against civilians. The cult illustrates a new face of terrorism, post-modern terrorism. Post-modern terrorism is defined as groups without specific political or sub-national...
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...that are talked about frequently in the conversations about war and the history it has created. The first is the definition of war itself and what it actually means to the general public, historian community and to veterans themselves. The second is the costs and benefits that are accompanied with war. You have to also consider the sacrifices and negative impacts that war has had on the world since the beginning of time. Third is the history and recollection of what has happened in the past due to war and if the stories, information, and facts can actually be trusted or if they are just a perception of what happened on those many battlefields through out history. War has always been a constant through out history and will continue to be one far into the future due to the fact that it creates innovation, causes sacrifice and creates history that will shape the world we live in for as long as anyone could imagine. It is hard to define what war is in a single sentence and I also believe that it can be given many different meanings depending on what context you are looking at it in and whom you may ask for a definition. The definition provided in the course material is: war is the legal condition that defines the nature of conflict between hostile groups whose intent is defined as a legal concept. War is declared through an exchange of documents between the two parties stating the beginning of a war. It is also common to see the parties who are part of the war to hash out what is...
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...Natural Disasters * What drives the hydrologic cycle? – energy from the sun * What is the most common trigger for avalanches in recreational accidents? – * The Calgary Flood of 2013 was primarily the result of – heavy rainfall in Rockies Natural Processes and Energy Sources * Processes - physical, chemical, and biological ways in which events affect Earth’s surface * Internal processes come from forces within Earth * Plate tectonics * Result of internal energy of Earth * External processes come from forces on Earth’s surface * Atmospheric effects * Energy from the sun Definitions * Hazard – probability that a specific damaging event will happen within a particular period of time * Risk – a function of the hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity * Disaster – hazardous event that occurs over a limited time in a defined area * Catastrophe – massive disaster that requires significant amount of money or time to recover Disaster Trends * Recently, there has been an apparent increase in natural disasters * Eg. Japan tsunami, Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Katrina * The United Nations designated the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Hazards Reduction * [graph] The cost of natural hazards is increasing worldwide, partly b/c world population doubled from 3bill to 6bill in only 40yrs [graph] The cost of natural hazards is increasing worldwide, partly b/c world population...
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...NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 1. Introduction. Pakistan is located in a region which is prone to number of natural disasters. Due to its diverse range of terrain and existence of fault lines, the country is susceptible to wide ranging hazards from earthquake to droughts and floods to cyclones. Pakistan has suffered floods almost every year as monsoon rains cause rivers to outflow from their banks. The country also experiences earthquake regularly ranging from moderate to severe in intensity. We have been suffering from drought like situation of varying degrees from many years and the coastal areas are prone to cyclones. There is no comprehensive, integrated disaster management policy at national level for dealing with major disasters like earthquake of 2005 and floods of 2010 and 2011 partially due to limited resources, economic instability and partially due to absence of well trained and equipped disaster management infrastructure. We also lack proper system for disaster prevention and preparedness that could ensure effective mitigation to reduce the loss of life and property damage in the face of a natural disaster. 2. Disaster management is unfortunately seen as provision of relief rather than the management of all of its phases and long term management of risk. We therefore need a comprehensive preparedness, prevention and mitigation strategy with a view to better manage and coordinate activities of various line ministries, departments and civil society. Pakistan...
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...Kava an island in the South Pacific is a very beautiful place. The culture there is very diverse. There are Africans, French, Chinese, Spanish, as well as Americans. Kava has many things to offer to the economy including petroleum, coffee, spice, sugar, cocoa, bananas, tourism, natural gas, fishing, and inexpensive quality labor. Along with all these comes what is common on many beautiful islands natural disasters. The island is prone to tidal waves, hurricanes, floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tornadoes, and petroleum spills. Kava also has a problem with terrorism. This problem is from within the country and well as outside the country. The people in Kava also have problems with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. With this fact it may be the reason that over 50% of the population is under the age of fifteen. With Nik having to find ways to improve this economy he could contact the United States Navy to see if they could assist him in bettering this economy. If the United States Navy agrees the building a base in Kava would increase the local economy greatly. The first way this would be done is with ships being permanently docked in the harbor area. With this it opens up many doors that may have been over looked before. With the ships being docked there when the sailors have leave they go on the island and eat, shop, go to bars, and stay in the local hotels. This gives local entrepreneurs a chance to open businesses to fit the needs of the Sailor’s. Once the...
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