Interpretation of Reconstruction After the Civil War

Conservatives insisted that the South accepted the abolition of slavery, but they proposed other conditions for re-entry of the country. On the other hand, under the guidance of Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts State, the radicals called for federal military and civil leaders to be punished. In addition, many southern Caucasians were deprived of citizenship and the legal rights of former slaves were protected. The demand for the southern part of the northern radicals is much more severe than conservatives, especially after listening to Lincoln's 10% plan.

Facts concerning civil war / reconstruction: The war in the southern provinces, the period after the war is called rebuilding, giving citizenship and political rights equal to unified blacks, thousands of 1,000 people are dispatched to workers It was. I do not have much money. There is no example of power - personal, primitive power, inspiration, and any system you can get from people - protesting the national anthem workers condemning the harsh working conditions, still working under harsh conditions A man, the possibility of freedom - Although the railway is to some extent an extension of the plantation, the man can now walk away, a man claiming the truth

If you are like me, you learned the general interpretation of high school reconstruction. According to our textbooks, reconstruction is a cruel period after the civil war, the north was severely punished from the southern rebellion. According to this misinterpretation, Carpetbaggers "encourages" blacks who are not qualified to run for public office, whites in the south suffer due to the mistakes of former rebel government. The interpretation of D. W · Griffith's "Birth of the Country", Margaret Mitchell's novel, and the subsequent movie "Gone with the Wind" also extended to popular culture of the movie. According to Virgil Caine, a bad white man who was fighting on the wrong side and now mourning pain, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

I know that this is not always the case. In fact, during the century after the Civil War, reconstruction was more attractive to popular audiences and the public. After all, the reconstruction is at the center of two most popular movies "Birth and annihilation of the country" in history. As I taught more and discussed more topics about this topic, I clearly understood what the revival was wrapped up in the "myths" of the 21st century. These are not exactly the same as the myths of Dunning School which began around 1900, but the idea of ​​Deng Ning inspires the vague citizenship belief that the failure of reconstruction mourn