HIUS 188 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gilded Age, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution

• School: UCSD
• Department: History of the United States
• Course: HIUS 188
• Professor: Rachel Klein

Document Summary

Hius 188 lecture 1 reconstruction and the gilded age. Some historians argue that the gilded age starts right after reconstruction. Some historians argue that reconstruction extends into the 1880s: most historians would argue that reconstruction and the gilded age overlap, and intertwine, emergence of the gilded age related to the decline of reconstruction, and to. Joh(cid:374)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s preside(cid:374)tial re(cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) ga(cid:448)e the south a lot of freedo(cid:373), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h allo(cid:449)ed for for(cid:373)er. Confederates to gain a lot of power, and for laws to be passed which limited the freedom of blacks: what did blacks want from reconstruction, land, economic independence, full equality, vote, education, public schools, banking system. Loans to purchase land with: own churches, wanted out of white churches, become centers of politics, communities come together and talk about issues of concern to the community, legally marrying. Freed(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s bureau: 14th amendment: anyone born/naturalized in us is entitled to equal protection under the laws, first time using the word man in the constitution.