On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th U.S. President. He is the fourth President coping with the Vietnam War. President Johnson declares he will not "lose Vietnam" during a meeting in Washington. Johnson came to offi...

Reconstruction was needed for this country to come back together after the Civil War. The north and the south had been divided and didn't know how to come back together again without intervention from the government. I believe that Reconstruction helped the African-Americans get some of the fr...

Philip Smith AP American History Mr. Catapano 02/24/00 After the Civil War ended, President Lincoln was faced with the task of rejoining a Union which was thriving less than fifty years earlier. In 1863 to achieve this goal, Lincoln introduced his "restoration plan" to the co...

Andrew Johnson It is said that President Andrew Johnson was one of the worst presidents in American History, being the first of only two presidents to have been impeached by the House of Representatives. But was the impeachment of Andrew Johnson justified? Andrew Johnson was proof that anyon...

In 1865, America is extremely divided. Fuelled by the Civil War, the north is prosperous and ready for an industrial boom. On the other hand, the south is devastated and economically in ruin. The period of Reconstruction begins at this time in history and lasts until 1877. The entire country is bitt...

Reconstruction took place after the end of the civil war, and it also was impacted by social, economic, and political. The main reason for reconstruction was to put the union back together and free the slaves once and for all. Reconstruction took three eras to be completed. The first was Lincoln...

The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed African Americans in rebel states, and after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment emancipated all U.S. slaves wherever they were. As a result of this free African Americans faced the problem of hostile whites around them preventing them to prosper. Desp...

"A New Beginning" This promise of great changes, and hope for a new beginning had been the single inspiration that kept a lot of African Americans from giving up completely. With the end of the civil war, and Union becoming victorious, African Americans hope that now they would be allow...

Affirmative Action The Webster's New World Dictionary defines affirmative action as "a policy or program for correcting the effects of discrimination in the employment or education of members of certain groups." President Lyndon Johnson issued executive Order 11246. This require...

Affirmative Action The Webster's New World Dictionary defines affirmative action as "a policy or program for correcting the effects of discrimination in the employment or education of members of certain groups." President Lyndon Johnson issued executive Order 11246. This require...