America’s Reconstruction: A Failed Experiment in Equality and Justice.

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America’s Reconstruction: A Failed Experiment in Equality and Justice

Winslow Homer A Veteran in a New Field 1865

Winslow Homer Prisoners from the Front, St. Petersberg 1865

Harper’s Weekly Nov. 16, 1867

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) August 5, 1865

Winslow Homer A Visit from the Old Mistress, 1876

Analysis The freed slaves are no longer obliged to greet their former mistress with welcoming gestures, and one remains seated as she would not have been allowed to do before the war. It conveys a silent tension between two communities seeking to understand their future.

"The Sugar Harvest in Louisiana," Harper's Weekly, October 30, 1875.

The Cotton Pickers, Winslow Homer 1876

Dressing for the Carnival Winslow Homer 1877

Sharecropping In what ways was sharecropping a trap for former slaves? What other alternatives did poor/illiterate former slaves have? Why didn’t the North do more to help the conditions of former slaves?

“Five Generations of an African American Family” 1862 Library of Congress

"The Great Labor Question From a Southern Point of View," Harper's Weekly, July 29, Caption: "My boy, we've toiled and taken care of you long enough - now, you've got to work!"

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) Sept. 1, 1866 Supplement coverage of impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Harper’s Weekly May 22, 1866

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) “One Less Vote” July, 1868

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) Sept. 2, 1876 "Is This a Republican Form of Government? Is This Protecting Life, Liberty, or Property? Is This the Equal Protection of the Laws?"

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) March 23, 1867

Thomas Nast “Visit of the Ku Klux Klan” Feb. 22, 1874

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) “EVERYTHING POINTS TO A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY THIS FALL” Oct. 31, 1874

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly) “Worse Than Slavery” October 24,1874

Thomas Nast (Harper’s Weekly “Colored Rule in a Reconstruction State” March 14, 1874

Q. 11 Why did Reconstruction Fail/Come to an End? North lost interest/commitment Republican party fractured/divided Corruption on all sides –Not only Carpetbaggers (which were exaggerated as a myth) Violence: Threats/intimidation Democrats regained political power –Amnesty Act (pardoned 150,000 Confederates) could now hold office

Q. 13 Impact on African American’s Rights: Given, but Not Protected. Filled with potential hope for racial equity, when were civil rights championed by idealistic Northerners Post-Reconstruction African Americans lost many civil rights gains –Economically: Sharecropping –Anti-black violence –Socially: Legal Segregation/Discrimination: Black Codes –Politically: Disenfranchisement Jim Crow Laws: Poll tax, Literacy tests

5/17/12 "The unresolved legacy of Reconstruction remains a part of our lives. In movements for social justice that have built on the legal and political accomplishments of Reconstruction, and in the racial tensions that still plague American society” - Eric Foner