Southern United States

Reconstruction was a time where the south had the opportunity to rebuild after the civil war. Most of the southern states of the united states was destroyed during the civil war. The union victory of the civil war may have given about 4 million slaves their freedom, but while the process of the south rebuilding of reconstruction began, it introduced new significant challenges and effects. The Reconstruction era was from January 1, 1863 to March 31, 1877(about 14 years and a half). First of all

Abstract Living in the Southern parts of the United States since the end of the Civil War was not easy for people of color especially African-Americans. Because of a great deal of economic uncertainty, it was gravely difficult to attain financial security as well as be treated as an equal instead of a piece a property which had been the case for over three hundred years. Nearly one-fourth of all white Southerners owned slaves, and upon the backs of these slaves, the economic basis of America and

What comes to mind when you hear the term "American South" (or "Southern United States")? Whenever someone mentions the Southern United States, I instantly think of massive plantation homes painted white with tall columns surrounded by tall Spanish moss trees. I think of the book Their Eyes Were Watching God, as I always try to imagine what it would be like for Janie to go through a hurricane deep in the Glades. I even think of the scene from the movie “Forrest Gump” where Forrest breaks free of

Southern americans showed extreme contempt for African Americans even after the end of the civil war. They believed that blacks were uncivilized and unworthy of american citizenship and voting rights. This distain for blacks became a learned behavior and continued into the 20th century. Beginning as early as 1865 a group of called the Ku Klux Klan sought out african americans and killed and tortured them in horrible ways. By 1870, the Ku Klux Klan had branches in nearly every southern state

election of the anti-slavery Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as president in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. Four more states tried seceding by using the 10th amendment, which declared “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states.” The secession of Southern states caused a Civil War, which was, by itself, not a revolution. The Civil War is considered

Was there a New South after the Civil War? What elements marked or did not mark the New South? After the Civil War, the South was in a state of political turmoil, social chaos, and economic decline. Contrary to popular belief, Northerners did not subject Southerners to unethical or inhumane punishment. The time post Civil War was filled with efforts toward reconstructing the South, yet there is the strong question if there even is a New South. Yes, there was somewhat of a New South economically

their cruel violence to colored people. They were noticed for hangings, killings, and murders in the Southern states of America in the 1800s and the 1900s. The Klan was a very promising and very righteous organization to white males accusing colored people of doing wrongful things. The Ku Klux Klan is the most powerful white organization in the 1960s. As most of the people in the United States of America know there was segregation back in the 1960s but the organization that was unquestionably

1900’s discrimination against African Americans in the southern parts of the United States has become even more widespread. By 1907, every southern state required racial segregation on trains, in churches, schools,hotels, restaurants, theaters, and other public places. By 1910, every southern state had taken away or had began to take away the right of African Americans to vote. Discrimination against African Americans in the southern states was just the beginning of how African Americans lived.

in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate States of

weaken the United States; it merely exposed the flaws in government and where it could be made stronger henceforth. Often, many forget that the Civil War affected the fate of nearly four million Americans, or slaves, as they were then labeled. The leaders of the Reconstruction were tasked with piecing a nation back together while keeping the idea of justice in mind. The Reconstruction had a somewhat successful beginning but unfortunately its potential in integrating freedmen into Southern society was