HIS 315L Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Equal Protection Clause
Document Summary
Reconstruction: integration of slaves back into society that had previously been thought of as property. Southern redemption and the end of reconstruction. Civil war made the north industrial power. Stimulated by the need for weapon, uniforms, mechanized equipment in place of soldiers that had gone off to war. Key economic indicators: population, commodity output, farm acreage, factories, and railroad mileage. Massive immigration from western europe to take the place of soldiers that were off fighting the war rather than working. Industrialization, macroeconomic prosperity, and bigger government in the north. The civil war was mainly fought in the south. 25% casualty rate for union and csa troops. Abolition of slavery, not the responsibility of the government to help integrate the slaves back into society. Moderate republican belief: believe that the government has somewhat of a rule to integrate back into society. Radical belief: abolition of slavery and punish the south for actions.
