American history after 1865 - Coursework Example

From this research it is clear that slavery was one of the traditions destroyed during the conflict. The tradition where whites especially in the southern society were keeping slaves without respecting their human rights came into destruction because of the conflict. The conflict also managed to destroy the deep-rooted belief of the Southern Whites that slaves would only work under compulsion. Several institutions including factories that were owned by Whites in large cities like Atlanta, Columbia and Richmond were set on fire.

After the civil war, freed slaves managed to remain reluctant to settle down and form relationship with their former masters. However, some of them committed themselves to wage labor while others changed masters. Some of the freed slaves were waiting to get land of their own as promised by the government. In order to survive, many of the ex-slaves managed to secure employment through contract labor system. The freed slaves also managed to create institutions that they were denied during the slavery era.

Some of the institutions they managed to create include schools, churches and several fraternal. The Northerners managed to release many slaves. Some of them went to the South to offer materialistic and humanitarian services. The Northern military was willing to set a military base for the freed men and women in the South. However, the Southerners were not ready to accept any help from the Northerners and the disagreement resulted into chaos. Therefore, the North was not successful in changing the Southern society.

The North also did not manage to stop the issue of racial oppression in the Southern society (Divine et al. 477). The hailing prosperous of the Southern society remained unsuccessful and poor because of exploitation from the northern business interests (Divine et al. 471) 4. Why was Northern interest in Southern reconstruction waning? The Northern interest in reconstruction waned because the South managed to create a strong opposition especially in the early 1870s. Heavy black turn in the elections of 1872 helped the Republicans to hold more powers and create a strong ruling foundation in most of the Southern states (Divine et al. 469). The Republican leaders were interested in industrial and western expansion as opposed to the Northerners.

A series of laws were passed that favored the Southerners especially giving more power to its army. This contributed in waning of the Northern interest in Southern reconstruction. 5. Why were the Redeemers able to take back the South? The redeemers managed to neglect the interest of white farmers who were in the South and this made many of the Whites to lose their farms. The Redeemers were interested in economic growth and development, which made them have significant support in the South. A third of the Redeemers were professional politicians and they had great experience in leadership that helped them to take back the south.

The Redeemers also managed to rule on two basic principles that helped in uniting the Southern planters through blocking the government from directly interfering in the economy (Divine et al. 471). Moreover, disputed elections of 1876 that led to a compromise in 1877 contributed in making the Redeemers take control of the South (Divine et al. 470). Part 2 1. Could a fair policy towards Native Americans been devised? It was possible to devise a fair policy towards Native Americans if only they agreed to comply with the policy.

However, most of the Native American did not manage to comply with the set policies. For example, the concentration policy failed to last for long because the Indians broke boundaries while hunting buffalos (Divine et al. 485). 2. What impact did the frontier