1. Reconstruction 1853-1877
... explain how white northerners stopped caring about Reconstruction and black civil rights. It all started with the emancipation proclamation under Lincoln's Reconstruction. He felt that the emancipation was of the slaves was necessary in order to secure military victory (Encyclopedia Britannica). The radical republicans felt the emancipation would not work unless the government could guarantee equality of all citizens including black men. In December ... ...
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