CHE 4210 Lecture : Lecture 5
Document Summary
Exam 1: americas role in the world, nature and the power of government, culture and society, ethnic and racial tension/change. Kennedy didn"t focus on the problem of race. Reconstructions only problem was failure, it didn"t do enough, it was unfinished. Presidential reconstruction (1865-66): the failure of self reconstruction: requirements of the south, lincolns plan, doesn"t ask for much from the white south, moves toward a modified form of suffrage for some african. South carolina: democrats only won because they cheated , hayes then becomes president and republicans take control, democrats take control of louisiana and south carolina because those two states had not made a decision, republicans get the white house. Where we (and america) are going: introduction to an argument. Emergence of a national business and industrial system. Changes in american society: contributing factors, completion of the railroad network, improved speed of communication, technological inventions, industrial/business leaders, government aid.
