American Revolution of the 1800s
The American Revolution of the mid 1800sIn the midst of a civil upheaval during the 1860s and 1870s the United States underwent changes which were little short of revolutionary. Being one of the most complex and controversial periods in American history, it was during this time that many political and social reforms took place. Through the secession of the Southern States, the blood shedding of the Civil War, and the post-war Reconstruction period came many political and social issues that transformed the United States from what it was in the 1860s to what it is today. The secession of South Carolina in 1860 paved the way for the other states to follow and a revolution to begin. The belief that states had more power than the national government popular at the time led the way for the southern states to declare that the constitutional infidgements on their rights as states allowed them to secede. (Doc. A) Northerners and the national government did not agree. They believed in the necessary and proper clause that gave the national government the power to do what it deemed necessary to protect the country from both, foreigners and itself. With this in mind the Civil War began to reunite the country, for the only way they believ
Newly emancipated slaves wandered the South after having left their former masters, and the White population was spiritually devastated, uneasy about what lay ahead. The results of the war were catastrophic to Northerners and Southerners, black or white, whether measured in lives or loss of property. This incited a mass of support for those seeking political equality and voting rights for Blacks. On the other hand, the implications of the Civil War and the post war period effected all Americans. I) The extension of suffrage to Black males became a popular political move by many in Congress, although some believed that the national government did not have the constitutional right to imposed black suffrage on the states. D)The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution were monumental steps in gaining civil rights for all Americans. The transition from an agrarian, rural society to an urban, mechanized society began. By passing Black Codes the South brought back slavery in all but name. The Fourteenth Amendment defined American citizenship as "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof".
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