In place, John began a segment called the Mystery Document, in which he took advatange of the United States' relative youth (and thus the abundance of written documents) by reading aloud a document that Stan had picked for him without his knowledge; he must then guess the author.
What types of laws were those found in the Mystery Document? Laws against African Americans, called Black Code. Each of the 5 military districts had to ratify what amendment prior to being allowed back into the Union? The new governments had to ratify the 14th amendment if they wanted to get back into the union.
Who was the author of the MYSTERY DOCUMENT? Tecumseh.
But we're gonna end this episode on a downer, as we are want to do here at CrashCourse US History, because I wanna point out a lesser known legacy of Reconstruction: the Reconstruction amendments and laws that were passed granted former slaves political freedom and rights, especially the vote and that was critical.Jul 18, 2013
And this was important because to most slaves land ownership was the key to freedom and many felt like they had been promised land by the Union Army. General Sherman's Field Order 15 promised to distribute land in 40-acre plots to former slaves.
Rather than a threat to liberty, the state that emerged out of the Civil War was seen, in the words of Charles Surnner, as "the custodian of freedom." The Fourteenth Amendment made the federal government responsible for overriding state actions that interfered with the rights of citizens.May 17, 2001
Europe did the same with their tariffs. What's the significance of the Mystery document? It helps emphasize how many people were poor and how poor they actually were when describing the conditions they were in. People still are not so sure if the New Deal was good or not.
Wilson's campaign used the popular slogans "He kept us out of war." and "America First" to appeal to those voters who wanted to avoid a war in Europe or with Mexico. Hughes criticized Wilson for not taking the "necessary preparations" to face a conflict.
The mystery doc was, "The Jungle" By Upton Sinclair. It vividly described how the meat being sold was rotten; this caused an outrage of people.
In 1866, Radical Republicans won the election, and created the Freedmen's Bureau to offer former slaves food, clothing, and advice on labor contracts. During Reconstruction, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were passed in order to attempt to bring equality to blacks.
Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South's first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
Why was the Reconstruction era important? The Reconstruction era redefined U.S. citizenship and expanded the franchise, changed the relationship between the federal government and the governments of the states, and highlighted the differences between political and economic democracy.